Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e910b8e486a90d76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 09:18:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 58e0b60e7d9f14b356b6152729b11eb9 SHA-1: 809e30c97edc0f56da53a2b0ab1e6b9277f765a5 SHA-256: e910b8e486a90d76b557da6e09c45a462f6320a8124d379a6479ab945ba40420
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ios+app+store+download+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://kimcert.org/E/file/gowojazizumekiluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wic-net.com/userfiles/file/94937493565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5rjaibf7rr6ifaqgatpg7e6n2/86155395915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thic.muki001.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62969758868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrduchek.com/files/nugevimuxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/65710482401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/bemamar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaytonfa.com/upload/files/zezizirowewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiszaladany.hu/upload/file/poguwavosususox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/76739616110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bbe5174023---36248435514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f7e68cf8d4---lafogubakovumotodilowow.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/lefavesivipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maftplayer.net/calisma2/files/uploads/mokuwisakekutibov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventpro-kontraktorpameran.com/uploaded/files/7126367709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miraesusan.com/ckupload/files/44064229248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samirkumarpaul.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35006060842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humidorio.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexesofetikil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f411a623f0---36862431326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yugang360.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-17/20210917140134396820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareprogram.org/images/file/41025422694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sluganarodu.org/userfiles/files/xelali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143eeb5c1329---vibozoxupuwogumud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/9971888741.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_off0000e1a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1A5 10420 bytes
SHA-256: 1b764c9a9b958e23dff2aaf07514ea722d998ea0d400dc621184541a9cebb369
font_01_sfnt_off0000f976.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF976 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 078feda2166910f7063e152c839089be8547c6fdbbd10972eb0caf7200427d18
font_02_sfnt_off000126d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1