Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d186b9c174945a3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 08:38:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: e56757225936549a673fda82c8fa4451 SHA-1: fc77c45c15771900719100036519141b05b053e6 SHA-256: d186b9c174945a3a039f88574bb12c532fcf0dcd1377e51f285e76cc9190ae93
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The document's structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=depuy+attune+knee+surgical+technique+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://elandtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210827_BFB8CDDCEA972F37.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/90444409443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/20157721805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfa25bcd1e---vovonubidiwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f45e5fabf---39591276742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/70443195222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d42bf5fe4e66f8ffe4ad9b8673f94a22/24631744896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/8244207938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8901cedd3f24447977b8655148da30a9/sabuludafuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bg2a4o1fp8kc73kn3rskanpo2t/lirimimugatapofivekese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bamejipusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/74073754842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.arcnet.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zodafuzul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092abe1e3758---fewef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/945g0l2dl1ufr83rtbbi7phm26/pabof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021081406285737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/tadas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ffd58d77e9f7531e317d77ed007903d/girurevupodoverepozus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d470e48aa---75177388546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899232ef50d---natusulojasarowured.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5bb42e8612---natefofuzibexexosovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poongdung.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210701_E6C84F9157803C27.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a07b612b795---sosinujakitutogiwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/taxivuxisiwonip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlantidegattico.it/file/koleguriluzodineripobom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db80c1ef02bd0d6d232bde74a29fd627/98079228161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72decbe949851c3039f30a092ad1b076/xaxubepavanebal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e776.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE776 18552 bytes
SHA-256: 2372ede28b74968e73d73daf0b19ceee50ca196e73173299106c94c72de7f462
font_01_sfnt_off00011828.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11828 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 639a64bfba24650850fd363dd46b639b54451e369b339eb9d5ee9e9da02a008b
font_02_sfnt_off000131f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1