Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d91dc63440e12fd1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:53:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d6391a7e2df91339e10389d5a55a9320 SHA-1: 80495e6ad61595a5bedad4386af88db82415ffd4 SHA-256: d91dc63440e12fd1443da0e395d44e46510789d82925e74bda1e2071d6822b9b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=three+gymnopedies+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://nessium.net/userfiles/file/93724189533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c6c2b894aee7279e8134e0eb5a01f47/zodopexevinid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/sileverunewodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pbpharm.com/upload/files/78314124139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6941d0ecb---61753824114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/pomilofulegoxepumux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://escaletravel.com/userfiles/files/46583068957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liur-krd.ru/userfiles/file/lepaseror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpt-mh.com/uploads/news/files/pabafebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94676fcdea851149befe5249edf17d55/21845465240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/2243227129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tafeduvokejim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ed981f012afff45279cebd860e6707a/wafomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a094778f39b---kikaluvafutedanosurepev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitabrasive.hu/editor_up/39244154295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isgsrl.it/images/file/48094625661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/8557361342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69320883036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c42658df0bd---61949679643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d670e046a71cb316ecfbfbd6989549f/tofovex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmm5cok9q5co75ks3cgdr6ml1c/dirozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a60adff51---gofupujibuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belitour.ir/basefile/belitourir/files/gumezatawozudutop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvfrv07um6b4r5ehebl2abjk85/57532428703.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_off0000da2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA2D 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 5fbedba88be4ecd66b6e75cdb3de51ac07cdf877357213049f1deed00a1da869
font_01_sfnt_off0000f257.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF257 19764 bytes
SHA-256: 88ff4090faf229602b2884749ac1f555d0726b25ded16a3eca306bfb4fe92c87
font_02_sfnt_off000126f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1