Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4d1b577f53d15b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-04 06:45:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6e10f9b6bf6c3e7bbd686e08d235694e SHA-1: 5e07de36adb552077f07088cfe7b2753edd65bad SHA-256: d4d1b577f53d15b88f426cf3f2a828e2d853b8fcf1399a28ae4c926e04f937f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs suggests tracking or campaign-related activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=aa+meeting+attendance+verification+sheet PDF link annotation
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ma04lp8823ukpvuirllvm67dv0/41589553221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/utumewazotujopovepeduku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78a4mmvum1vuf7gd1v1kk9cd10/tejukonoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bae8b67a60---wibukupimazedebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c532f3bebd9---nidikezotefulezuxakumoxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicamarsala.it/userfiles/files/49734798506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/jipumadutalagemiwunomekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c084600ba932a776844312c42146a096/21208309577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltechma.com/zdjecia/fck/file/tenupagetixebipetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9ah0t2s5fu9nf8erjl4l619e1/70010294232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nonstopsushi.com/uploads/files/dekasofapanogag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aruthnm9opvb39sgq8vp0o5ej9/99632608728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/486ee8060961c0197a280e01acfc3b6e/milad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/9338012443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhk.com/files/topowerujosove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9f931a82cd---30096477922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamyarsanatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1847054226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa8b2c58de8---28200277091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-dcc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1g5u3nberoe0hin886r32b0vrn/sukimovugitodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6tmqk7riai95lh1b174qt3ra3/gogijimeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080074e0461f---deguxejix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.instituteupload/content/file/fizosimaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1careglobal.com/upload/files/dubuxadikenejemipije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suavitinhtannha.net/upload/files/juvovowurid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rropcute0mj4vsft7qikgja8la/79440005684.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_off0000f20d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF20D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A24 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 82edef5d4a9e19a6a3d7d6f87ff379e2c54446bbfa93855b2dbab7447961b7e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012312.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12312 17728 bytes
SHA-256: 7fa38831d53ba6689ce8f1908fb642ff93af6f1d3aa398d811003c853d6e3df9