Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db910fcdd21b24ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-08 07:57:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 8760b2953c4384c990870d2a085b322b SHA-1: ebf3526430155309a34d01a0a482bb70c557f3e1 SHA-256: db910fcdd21b24bad526012a11272ad77caa4461ab07920141b7ebb17e4e020b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cmr+national+public+school+reviews PDF link annotation
    • http://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/dibonanefotibelerize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2797d620b3---siduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d42004e85cb7ba7a476f7cd03f11445/77294937156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/23293581875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108679e9f393---83087951711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086115db14b3---surijiwibadukit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03141112a966821a4af03bc0333b7284/dalegigog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35df5159e9c37bfb51be21f8c0bf2bee/95504957865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076695acac90---90418237592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzmzwl.com/Uploadfiles/files/pidodupatikipakil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecoil.com/userfiles/file/86563794899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baodieptailor.com/uploads/2021-08-08/images/files/kunatopofusiziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaochue.vn/userfiles/file/36103668980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dc7fa81802173071388c414fc0f2f1e/30882377897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahamianbrewery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nufatijarez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/81718341802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/519e6ea9a0d0569314992eea6ada9757/lajewagusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760592b64d9---govukifoxapawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silky.ae/images/bulk_images/files/limilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coebmsf.com/userfiles/file/50851058602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93273be04h2mbv05i801qotsp3/rurexebiwituwijusorux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3c0d1684c22357343c8be98d3dcc2cc/solojisugogive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamelove-zakryti.cz/userfiles/file/silesosusixojula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/poxarabejed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada7c796f6e---59483949184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shop-cartuning.pl/userfiles/file/17416537629.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_off0000e987.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE987 17056 bytes
SHA-256: e90114b58acf631309b4c4109db629b47ff1b202a50a82eb7c2310a088f506fd
font_01_sfnt_off00011649.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11649 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E60 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 95ad85456d4513695723f67940f0ad38f3add915926335af83dc285ddcec3596