Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db4ed3e724a013e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:50:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8891bb02df811a0bf4865a25671ce51f SHA-1: a5139571a9e3c50eb0cfd56f6d8c22b21ca3a6cd SHA-256: db4ed3e724a013e04fb01ba6dd7c4df36c6037c36c88f87952f264880088b79d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The presence of external URIs and link farm patterns indicates a likely spearphishing attachment used to lure victims to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6464

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFException. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=teoria+tradicional+del+curriculo+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://evrenmentese.com/upload/ckfinder/files/49832706875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.net/images/userfiles/file/46511399149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1aad76ebfa55f72aeedf24a1bab19cab/dazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3dd96d7d15---vizimuwirikex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608984578748e---77150656698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/zerimewurerazarawejunog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/kamubinijizuramofimim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/rivosixajilijeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogologistics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84487931807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/67156900572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjallstar.com/upload/file/wigogekeriniwukexalenixis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovalpolycoats.com/media/tigizofevetegemotuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdn.eagle.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/86934225825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/file/59880796073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3342822cc95c86c4c66303664c756ef1/xaren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9bf3e2bc07dc8acb29b51b6b35f663f/86538932346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11564192531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb4b22ace5---muxudobolora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plinoxotar.it/files_pagine/file/7894115371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanilkwanla.com/uploads/files/zixuwoxikuvuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/74301258771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d415dc3e68455cfd9133ffacb80ee66/sepasekopuridawumuvanomu.pdfIn 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_off0000d3a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3A4 19200 bytes
SHA-256: 241966ba7cd48505a8a6cd948800c431d8a69fd22545b4ce9788d47074837ec6
font_01_sfnt_off00010447.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10447 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 15caf055ea028197dbcc8bc4d210d412eafab4c1d878e5db135496ce10e2a7f2
font_02_sfnt_off00011c40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1