Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2986bc6be72422f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:58:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 81d1b05c7eb9efa5b91e36f52d14fae1 SHA-1: c4a3f52a29514d23c35f1dac85182521a076119b SHA-256: d2986bc6be72422fa541ec955d34f0830d2f5f33bce56da1d3797cd0686a1fed
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest the document is designed to lure users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=exercices+double+pronom+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://turar-mussin.com/userfiles/File/37765171182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistersaviopublicschool.com/userfiles/file/vojuxapigosivopofas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3d90bf188---78314252424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105c3a9d4b11---saziwepojiruwogafozito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cairparavel.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/gutuluvepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56f24d0b5a---97756117389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61cff4a8f5656b6f4b00bb240da1daa3/fimosefuzeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpressivelabels.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14885835165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.eu/ressource/site-image/files/95490584308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608674a0add9d---losoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856df0c1a5e---zewonikitexibosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748f7b94996---wevipog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18682519395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scales-center.com/shop/fck_file/file/52671045359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/wusujapojotogizofoxonake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fadatupugijopoxezaduga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/lituj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f99420c0b41c7e478481e9bcd757ebcd/vofiwogejebirafipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35e8853a11b33066e1fa39a004b8561d/23172269990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71844029239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/151b5803a2829a6f6709f5a4773f07e4/27790131798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d51ae0ea2---56268355807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/luwojitirudatimamozotezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingore.cn/upload/files/puwodewi.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_off0000de18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE18 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 99d7efb5574227808139d242f7eb33bb9dfadb6ee6977a8427c9db870f1d2487
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D4 20016 bytes
SHA-256: 37e7b45fc6cd106ab3199d5ff8c175d9b70619e78780f688992e3cb8b069c6c9
font_02_sfnt_off00012a5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A5A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1