Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d526a7cf46a8e65c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-24 22:48:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: beb7518b75b469e25186bea4bd4dbf9b SHA-1: f95b85defe2314768acad93dcd90d413218798dd SHA-256: d526a7cf46a8e65cd5321badfbca0df1879d26934eeb5408cd394a7455d3b5c9
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and SE_CALLBACK_LURE heuristics further supports a phishing or scam-related attack pattern. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL distribution point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://mygenius.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58722898912.pdf
    • https://trompis-tondschungel.de/userfiles/file/92977243408.pdf
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/13850704719.pdf
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/59066109321.pdf
    • https://sergiomauri.com/images/file/99617644182.pdf
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/90918071846.pdf
    • http://daltan.hu/userfiles/file/rotusut.pdf
    • http://luatsugiadinhviet.com/upload/ck/files/filobugabamofa.pdf
    • http://bioaec.com/userfiles/files/fosoximetidexozetomav.pdf
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a9bdb939f46870daf8671c5e889aa0e/tidadijudovode.pdf
    • http://praguynakorn.com/praguynakorn/picture/datapro/files/16668777881.pdf
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614164d5334c3---90417042091.pdf
    • http://rc-mst.com/mst/_upload/files/wexuderonofavikebaxevoroj.pdf
    • https://www.utn.ac.cr/sites/default/files/files/57362062536.pdf
    • http://liily.jp/upload/file/20210904053753.pdf
    • http://maraulsan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bixixowofibijitebedasew.pdf
    • http://bushurov.ru/images/files/zidozademeruvifenajita.pdf
    • http://globalroomplus.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/7484178885.pdf
    • http://art-wonders.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/dunizaburo.pdf
    • https://sdhouse.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gudegafonika.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145f21e80aca---78289723420.pdf
    • https://saksisan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/58055072657.pdf
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn--19-kmcm3c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38835007733.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=super+smash+flash+2+apk
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c0ee.bin
629f7dd25a72e20a8643f4903cb0b538c6c7d55592c8bd911bb8e420071b4930
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0EE 10596 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d92f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD92F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f141.bin
37450b8c27e8ccbd462ee61b6b13e81a5636b2c187f613df28237eb05bbaa64c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF141 21880 bytes