Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de2f4d075cb4df6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-06 08:57:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: eca75ad5b2e69b0e2ba02cea79739ba5 SHA-1: 96a508780d034ca6cec8d9be1b43cf04f7bfe3f2 SHA-256: de2f4d075cb4df6cb3e34693fde0f93e85a5f24046f45a5e1d29cc60621c2832
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm suggests it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pure+strategy+in+operations+research PDF link annotation
    • https://phoenixturkey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/gobukosazafemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c77b4245f4---pudugowogen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ruqgavselbvee9fmm7trmt97o5/lonalojezexufakakevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607252e15a25f---momudatunodisapovorirexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/83085208707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giadinhlaurenso.org/upload/files/pamupofalidimadug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///96532262171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datatech-int.com/userfiles/file/84639424311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782d51804bf---rovesepovotilojuvil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6932719b4d6b15651bcb6a02c462d1e/69420255576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094781cf1958---widikog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/lataru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gjs7ll657jb42goeivlek063t6/geradumanuwabujonijumow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daonshop.com/files/fckeditor/file/63175342824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14dc476473d8ab7ed59824499cc7e5d2/16576742205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c080508ec8af659ec12222e3c1aad3b2/widirezag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c204fcd8e94---reduzagimut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99cf7d23f4c118d6e25cccd361b9af75/32060008130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b47ccc97d58---93651758251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2552bd572ffd74f21de1905bf9935c43/18618873394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f664eb2499---samuwexixunejenusezap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyergarden.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59718575602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72150a8e8d2cf3d9abbda5685f1a61d9/75966131764.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_off0000e85f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE85F 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 1c01c9621f182cb6a1787ca8bb44517ea530e1b7cc6b5a558520d1f8fb47afae
font_01_sfnt_off00011747.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11747 10820 bytes
SHA-256: b3a49d4eb11e736c991bf7d0e9e5c38a3b5c283d1b887dc5238279f6bb4d3491
font_02_sfnt_off00013048.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13048 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1