Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2357f8b195fc434…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:58:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5c30404f96118e0920e2d057f4c46c78 SHA-1: 0da72d38c8fb2950b6a3cb3df0ff138d1e0d69a8 SHA-256: d2357f8b195fc434490193b934b715e0895638c08482306a76cff24b7dbbdedd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sikatop+seal+107+pdf+english
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d1b746a394a82f8ae01925049f173f6/31103601454.pdf
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210818_759944D3A3D5EEDC.pdf
    • http://kondicionery-lubertsy.ru/upload_picture/file/vuvojivemuw.pdf
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/gomibura.pdf
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/lejipuperaj.pdf
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/97229879436.pdf
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efe17aebe357708de71c7cd1804b1386/korowulevuremul.pdf
    • http://oecschool.com/userfiles/file/vitofezasonepubufuz.pdf
    • http://nsk-nalogov.net/upload/files/mivezuwebilafonejoza.pdf
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/likum.pdf
    • http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/11632231475.pdf
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2896b3296---litivotavikabemate.pdf
    • http://nature-revive.org/files/file/47183279546.pdf
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sca3kgnsrii1ei4c9unq9hp9m2/59065713170.pdf
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uvi8hifp9hjqni9c19qqsdbj0c/7019892819.pdf
    • http://gazdalkodjokosan.hu/img/userfiles/file/retobebaridoxijaj.pdf
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/72278373759.pdf
    • https://justbuymeds.net/userfiles/file/pepezejenabanefax.pdf
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/vetuwobobunox.pdf
    • http://woykoff.hu/upload/file/rizulixofozobasa.pdf
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/95537281789.pdf
    • http://cc-loges.com/uploads/file/92776937856.pdf
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/jusodosibax.pdf
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/812d72b2366d7ddc264c4b9c3c1b3395/bipudinup.pdf
    • https://protum.se/file/17190445415.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d175.bin
a18d50a2befb417707707d802050e48bc13d244aa4a51c4a4c90f1d8ff95ffb5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD175 18092 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000edd6.bin
394ccda5f0f2282278cd36044e3f76f8ca270b44de5e48fb1a97509ffc4d4629
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD6 18512 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011dc4.bin
d8c18bbbaa7e7ad7912befa53af161375a238c212835392fcf7837e452ad4349
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DC4 11068 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013756.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13756 16792 bytes