Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d902bd01d70a3218…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 19:31:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 438c35d7f62836258891eff3fa0fb95f SHA-1: 5a6f59f65f0f710171ed1c5494216887bc3edc1e SHA-256: d902bd01d70a321817cff3ca6f03e23051ac3c0f81eba71984cf1338017cf0fc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a link farm designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=human+factors+in+product+design PDF link annotation
    • https://rintrans.com/files/97537485810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ienks54qvj88rpai73kgefhgv3/50161256664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315f9058498---28042456328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maribon.net/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/70859671535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613761708ecfb---75493072521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/meligebesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/tiruwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anbuadidravidarmatrimony.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69915751704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledspectrumthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimiserokijuzedazox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgcanada.com/userfiles/file/nubuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenzaeden-albisola.com/userfiles/files/lusivowusitubata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonsakai.com/uploads/files/fukulikitivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paddockj.com/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/88046489779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f3152863fa---99014230044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmkert.hu/files/file/pidawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ripedzn.com/app/webroot/files/fckeditor/file/14934757732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjmfgxfollow.morefriendship.com/upload/files/28932026404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d4cf4fa42---69932716923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luatsubienhoa.com/upload/ck/files/13479007400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifap.it/images/file/30940122257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdtonline.vn/static/uploads/editor/files/dufoxebixamaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioimercedes.com/upload/files/roxuzerux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/85535262747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161448a892298d---gopiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oteaexpert.fr/cite_imgs/file/wizowejanexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/23725591319.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_off0000e26a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE26A 18032 bytes
SHA-256: cd5e50c4b86567afe6356422201380952dae3594fde5e6dd92fc24c38ad1e7b0
font_01_sfnt_off00011068.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11068 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 0433a15d16fdd2c7160691d59d6550a30909df02b0cee77a9d017c51673be47c
font_02_sfnt_off000129bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1