Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d379f606e8474e88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-07-16 03:20:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d77c2d2f1963b57f4fb413ac1537d91c SHA-1: c67cc861794dc94598725ca7ac12875b6c19600b SHA-256: d379f606e8474e889649876f8391eafacd9fe7b59ca25a06326fa4f8de599b7a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to lure users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=small+petechiae+on+arms PDF link annotation
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5af95ffc1---44806450394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e175e7b5a---fovafajidikesasulisig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lblussana.it/images/file/54987232013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c70bf1ea42c9a80c2569022e3a1fc8a/9623290808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dac264c6f7b81081f3484f3ea007dedd/mifuxagajuniviji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/xegesutadozugivafoligoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de6765f17a---25059426558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d24d449c2f83c9901b0faa1210b106fb/31684275094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexrocksrollovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ppgapj38o273dm45ne14bhr2gv/69786604336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/gogimowetanus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///69739284950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca994a124c---30172802015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hagelkonzept.de/userfiles/file/fekukopixaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landia-print.com/pdir/file/10648327110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36631ee1804485294ea8f1ff225794d9/sapanenuzosixenow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd03c339b8---poveguzawuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/wogadufavoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/wezerumava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba32ee8897f1bc3b0c856bc9322f242c/mobuligebevoniditu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alixdemassy.fr/userfiles/file/mobezakevuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ca0a3c9ec---80102583053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobilgold.com/file/74957824741.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_off000100a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100A2 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 75271e553cd3bb4344836fe1c5f64ebaeaab0abb8d80bae7e6b0e0a21b7858fd
font_01_sfnt_off000118f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118F8 16992 bytes
SHA-256: d2cac9a13bf95255ddbfe99ef4b0f84e59bf94bc2f377493bc6228f62d68efd9
font_02_sfnt_off00014586.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14586 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1