Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d91fbad1a8fccec5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:09:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b04b00128ba7db8b484762cdb4c800b9 SHA-1: 6dc68df6b505515f3a2a990d212baef56dd2ac84 SHA-256: d91fbad1a8fccec5abe1f7c2477fdd6c839c85a638524f24e184fcacf52bc2f1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is a phishing or trojan PDF. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest it's designed to exploit users through these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+naturally+get+a+deeper+voice PDF link annotation
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/68730018116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4223c1e4a3d5b2e4744242b34598d87f/goxoxuwesanelud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d4d237af76---novosil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpdb.org/userfiles/files/fubiroxejuzat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a961497f588---duxunababo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5uguhr2cqd85mk1kim18arjoqf/miresedefuzevimuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/72375101805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee06d77e72a---nimasutatotoduwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamtamphat.com/upload/files/75807067819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/etogn1hq6tgpm47u9ms79ogbg2/petitikuzozikazupofope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9fe573b20---85687299322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/zudigabewederokewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffa9405cbd9e95103eb48856eb097232/lesigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chonburi33.com/userfiles/file/madojujivukizexawojigak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soccerauquebec.com/userfiles/file/bobamigubaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3917ed6696---javabamajazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopedrazzini.eu/userfiles/files/17933524792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://komunalno-vrgorac.hr/files/binaloxugavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artechq8.com/beta/uploads/files/26763633478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a724d02a0---5762459458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d172ab3656f2e031e46c633fc40b3e67/61164876775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardenofsound.com/userfiles/files/75338920737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f67ff188665e84c2b92621ef96437ebe/binemebunidafukupopugogim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7023502d1e2982a87dd3af640a65acf1/79826309727.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_off0000e2f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F2 15992 bytes
SHA-256: f0446a636f90402c501e2033b2ba1d5f7b99dc243932a5d602e296fad29d8796
font_01_sfnt_off00010c45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001245c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1245C 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 7a14ae456d625622546780fca2c8d009dee69a6185daef977c0a0c64e62d4cdc