Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db9512f850a81894…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:13:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 174f77c031bc6c6c0a61819b979c94e7 SHA-1: e23b82a105b8a3fa5074632c1ed13e1636c26096 SHA-256: db9512f850a81894ea85c02b2902f0e2c2e43705cee1eecae032bf0c84f66602
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or link-farming scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure and embedded URLs are consistent with a phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mccrae+and+costa+theory+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113ec797be08---93924058719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72b433ef57---fovuravifuboduzeluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05qiat6bmpdnlhaippdogh9vcj/58483440244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spielundlicht.de/content_provider/documents/files/66489096245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurier48.pl/files/userfiles/file/garoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/gasimedolexejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088290de42f7---lamororazekalatudikew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editions-tlp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56410551262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6jkrl3rpjutmmi1es7coprmpt/lenudituvixoweko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/11015403370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c560fa04bd29637ec0b09169c05cccc/89102370260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea14d3807b3fbaad512c373840fca48d/68883803347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/fezesesezokitevopedav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawabed.pl/uploads/userfiles/file/33333238690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c792cc7731---kakepagamalexanomad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esterkins.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74787305147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a29666056---filejuzatuwodekij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huile-de-nigelle.info/userfiles/file/tolulofup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f784e68d08---kikesodunonizevis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdac7cbc274---45094254935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuabaoduongmaynenkhi.com/img_quanganh/files/70379815009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d6040bcfa---92630689768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/52869794265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/86970755628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/rurokopukidexulud.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_off0000d5f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5F1 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 890b77bbeacb66b75c3db1e611867f83409595b418c9d7e763ecf4e39ed1312c
font_01_sfnt_off00010151.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10151 10688 bytes
SHA-256: bb1c1c22839fbad4078d3cd62432f0bb1ccaa7f07d4a003f6b94c046c94e27bb
font_02_sfnt_off000119d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1