Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d531adb941ccbbf0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 20:18:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8ff364caf306b4c707f2c52ee69f7509 SHA-1: 9d13fc6740ce04cfaaef3ed6e5182f9e139fe92e SHA-256: d531adb941ccbbf0035d5033757616be976a1581a8b194f001b81f26a4a2a4dd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cqf2vmpv5s139aa0bii9vcft6f/konimabonejibug.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48bb417c98---mesukejore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089db021ed6c---6602443090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c16f3cf807a5605039e240bfc0e9dfc/venabanexuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bebef2f081---lokipiredubisoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/34070956623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://applexin.com/ttpsea/files/file/20366266251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/upckd10236rumrkvhr54qpvlk1/dumutevazogotagonugojevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608886cc30608---65960565230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/71584229404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0kdiuor20f1rh48i6ec9s40uk6/7539353988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/869uq0rscbs9ekai0d88kop145/lafesoxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casabresciani.it/uploads/file/37531203678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bb83cd48a---67146520358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b87d38953---25179661033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/jofajux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maihome.hu/admin1/file/dumafevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cc20f17ae---64574214515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerathai.com/image/upload/File/74674113320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/nenerozedareruri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/pasapege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pttaccounting.com/userfiles/files/81861738058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/92554358817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab805c38069---ganinatobuvufer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=excise+duty+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e9f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9F4 10380 bytes
SHA-256: cee96cc09677ac78317b8dd945602976818388a8e78c38c3c6ea11294c33aea0
font_01_sfnt_off0001019b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1019B 16336 bytes
SHA-256: 0b89bf18d8c3357627772b334a1cf484256c53ff6c07b20445329a5408430d2b
font_02_sfnt_off00012b9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1