Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6973ba91d80f71f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-10-07 00:46:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: b8f0001240fa512f33722c01dbe1c74c SHA-1: 5daefb7d0dec8b000c699667537c4b19a24b4dae SHA-256: e6973ba91d80f71f38596072f94374a03434082094a2bc0134b78fc21638c2d2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. The presence of urgency lures further supports a phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=c%2B%2B+output+questions+with+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://harposwebdesign.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/461479440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvanthanhlapcongty.biz/upload/ck/files/gufixifedotipap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myblindz.com/fck_user_files/file/63229326434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150de49f02f8---musujunupiwivamerixaloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/fesopusixakamelelevusonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygoaltv.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/xififexumoforaramugitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsinphar.com/uploads/files/pevozozegewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werkschoenenverkoop.nl/images/docman/files/lezuxaxelakebakas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://servicepapik.ro/files/7314597117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/32350864026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://security-m.jp/tool/images/file/83457970346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/jufogimaxugoratuvomatiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fbc6feb06b---8136156069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedcal-wpbe.com/uploads/file/48172792089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tarnava.eu/user_images/file/85119283426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/zosaxajerot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabo-meccanica.eu/userfiles/files/55602019575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.com/upload/editor/file/1653135412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vhssirimpanam.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vopetikulubejixemugipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoadon-dientu.net/images/files/wowanaredofokozed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b427980ed---26626848883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piazzademarini3ge.com/userfiles/files/55204301176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krantiservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59884736136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-machinery.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/posefovadujasunesug.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_off0000c91c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC91C 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 265816e68f5c8bb653f5ee9a071a8fd06ba51da8905e9535b7f6da7a5d08faf2
font_01_sfnt_off0000e198.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE198 18416 bytes
SHA-256: 94e7c1896d5ad61d77cb80a7c62334948143258eaeb61d7ad126ca324c63cca3
font_02_sfnt_off0001110a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1110A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1