Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d55ca9f5649e3815…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:07:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 75cfd4eb0c51f741c976f53adde8ea65 SHA-1: 710e0b3ab740d66ad5bc30c52d16393b9a4af4c8 SHA-256: d55ca9f5649e3815432450429cbee5cae55ed796e431c5a5dad5055405aaf7e8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://rijst.nu/userfiles/file/nivij.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/422f489dab78bbc135aa17b33b812b9d/sepodubusefovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.lu/userfiles/file/69102727906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvhs1967.com/clients/a/aa/aa78cb05297cd93d8a9ab6bd1eb8a3c4/File/zilifedagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/80731753244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c10174051---56883363465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/046fb6f2910ad423e640973c980aa80b/topeduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigyikesmedia.com/home/xtremweb/public_html/consultinstitute/web/upload/files/jevagebonekumemavuwizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78fae7820be132ba6057f09c3ac3efc3/95220872155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles//file/wikasasamadaginurelusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgtuae.com/uploads/file/nirorovogofisuburafatuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c84a161e32---8511736674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092db1a624e4---9225930439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosperitas.be/data/assets/file/wudivitaniwerowomipono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotostudiovaccari.it/userfiles/files/80625819955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/dafimopulosijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/98834802365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamslakeband.org/userfiles/file/rejiretus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/1751668434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdab57ea19e---37050175445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/29589149626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s470gi30sqoajqt1cv406f3cjl/67713436018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/solonirovozarivetekire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/92208079681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trineckevzdelavani.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72997390013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/sezejinigofabinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/33791684019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=pit+boss+820+deluxe+owner%27s+manualPDF 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_off0000f0cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000108e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E3 11324 bytes
SHA-256: 3e29195390cc7eb1b39fc621168ca47b541fe77a94440f343714faad2d60b3cd
font_02_sfnt_off000123a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A2 19424 bytes
SHA-256: e4bcf453d18a904f8ded92a6ffab710e618cbcc33fd26a5129d05a767e725a80