Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d711526a5e2ce93a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 03:19:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5e601ef93de6a2371a88ec4349cc9abf SHA-1: 48d1bebb087e883b53e85aeb6c598b87a45e3e22 SHA-256: d711526a5e2ce93aa6d341539d8c9fbf55b08d37b6c95924d6dd166c09fad385
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and potentially other disposable hosting. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM firings suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt through a collection of links. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://inprovitpuertorico.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88891372906.pdf
    • http://levant-tekstil.com/other_files/File/49149076649.pdf
    • https://cmottaviproductive.it/uploads/file/jixuxitedodawozuwu.pdf
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///11829170754.pdf
    • http://detskypohar.cz/upload/file/desexawawafe.pdf
    • http://l-max.ru/userfiles/file/47127897115.pdf
    • http://zeroseistudio.eu/userfiles/files/labufozadepodipuzukew.pdf
    • http://chiesamadremarsala.eu/userfiles/files/79722579378.pdf
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/zasikusowakuzoge.pdf
    • https://orig-shop-gsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/julalozajedebebixidaseg.pdf
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/erigit.pdf
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3180a6ca3b62336aa07916f3e8d9dc0a/dajusojudodotemojumonir.pdf
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec81f838d2---83912036055.pdf
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/66150051627.pdf
    • https://wangwangcamp.com/uploads/files/202109061748155984.pdf
    • http://z-sinpro.com/upload/files/52815009740.pdf
    • http://faurau.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/kejaf.pdf
    • http://irpuyesh.com/cache/fck_files/file/zonusuv.pdf
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/94253942134.pdf
    • https://renetravel.ro/images/files/62828152700.pdf
    • http://antropolog.ru/userfiles/file/47475522493.pdf
    • https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/radojovovijulesoboxevi.pdf
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d2acaca0c3---wuxulegavaponogepenuvin.pdf
    • http://makassitools.com/userfiles/file///vilodupabad.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+export+video+to+mp3
    • 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_off0000ca18.bin
53deda93e16a61811b3ef66aee7ce03e28950d5438dea251b4b05c992f97ec5b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA18 18848 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa6f.bin
8f3b739594dc4dee16894e454c52defde212b8c63b8ea2b77cfbd65a4b696479
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA6F 10488 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011256.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11256 16792 bytes