Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d299d268a6d175d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-03 06:19:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4c7718cd97f547a126f3a1c2dc1f30e3 SHA-1: f198c1877afd55231b0e97d7062127357846a9de SHA-256: d299d268a6d175d1600a6e0c6194e7f4c8799d7922bdffdd3fb04c40303e1388
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection for Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or manipulate search engine results. The document's structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5680

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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
  • 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 http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607046b640a11---56834701119.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/13331774233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841e3db060c---69573168791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivaco.it/file/820912627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/3323607943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobbpaynefamilyreunion.com/clients/862770/File/nokejorabovusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcable-bg.com/uploads/pictures/files/kojumugigadiwazojakew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f61d61ca26f17764698490802e62503/resoxebewewuzawidibeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ouhkpthaa.org/userfiles/74653207309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balustrady-metalik.pl/files/fibewozobewew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yachtandgulet.com/userfiles/file/mepubakezobofobenolur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netkat.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dopido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f7e3296b7---kiveji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5s78m9hft6730guji60oepahda/vujekimijitijirusite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfaecf0973d---wimujovikuxosusebewesesok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnmrobotics.com/files/files/boruxesomadarim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/kidabojawexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protok.pro/upload/files/jinanovez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607318084a337---50796836481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emmanuelmissionarybaptist.com/clients/74938/File/9487203464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/4371350958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/67259851571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/068bbcabb7c61cfd3f19ce3db424f25a/ladaburosijilamesasagefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiahpa.com/flash/files/nebexotilag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/11634607916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161036ed5ba0a3---petafumofezuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=example+ielts+writing+task+2+band+7PDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001062c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1062C 11188 bytes
SHA-256: cda40f4a750b801f1962365cba6512745b720470710a30ea7477375a60b7bdf3
font_01_sfnt_off00012008.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12008 16892 bytes
SHA-256: ecccdd3701aef3af4836886d20a4bb984e1c25866ac9da8f2ac837cfdc9838f6