Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df320c7bd4db6629…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:08:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3e40dfbfcf9a3730c63c56a81ce52054 SHA-1: 89a99255b5308d4c7393e0f4151569a5b4837004 SHA-256: df320c7bd4db662935b522f5cba5312f90ff99006c6e611fa3ce5ad93690646c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to link farms, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=self+appraisal+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://cpspcb.com/uploads/files/xiwonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/24446239428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/20210721023200710864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jejuecotech.com/ckupload/files/45917986266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a47e92fdfac4584fa55d807c5c8d13f9/gubajufaxamix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc1d69ba2b2e946488755265bf64baf3/sinupafedasesav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/31963587698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contemporaryteas.in/admin/uploads/file/begesimozuzenurunepolus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhledtran.com/luutru/files/soriwujugirejom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab7992aa821---70730925723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/bikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fluffy-chins.com/images/file/95793207151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9q6dbudmtj8n7n0v4p7e7k1a4/27489619519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trisad.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72974696168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91509347937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anoh.net/pds/userfiles/files/75034761465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muxixejewetitapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/22576586514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaihotelsale.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210615_66D38865AD918281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b65c4f68b21---lamuxewexonumajof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30377586666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0779f5252f1ff13bf7f0e6150cee0aff/ravunasavazusikuxajowuvim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722b976f5ae---57832190988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/17265719972.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_off0000f388.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF388 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B9A 17896 bytes
SHA-256: 077acc7424abb49dbcf79f728b7f647a82404d125a82c5d75af542a870485e16
font_02_sfnt_off00013a46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A46 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 446f5fbbff631472bf8b283dbceb8d44a1877f587768289f4ebd203f7bd2fed8