Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e94a277bb5e52006…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:26:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a8a4c0357899efd9ecb2fa55152c8847 SHA-1: 3195dd0e93a88f7a00babbed42db8900bd247a6b SHA-256: e94a277bb5e52006d13ccc17a8a29636b3ac5bc2132954e474b1d01036197887
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and the 'link farm' heuristics confirm the primary attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tndte+time+table+pdf+download
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160974918448a9---piwulufedegutujopixi.pdf
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/zaxebilozidojurusito.pdf
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/401c88ac30374c4a03c7d925793b38be/11482841913.pdf
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/dunewigepebuzobumi.pdf
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6a4f48e4e---13950146042.pdf
    • http://clarklawtexas.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/58485473217.pdf
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles//file/2759208095.pdf
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091437ca1c3d---18125847323.pdf
    • http://sshs1962.info/clients/3/33/33dcd814b32da85629335a95ab3d0158/File/jiwotanire.pdf
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c78e1749b6---66348959099.pdf
    • https://lrsinc.co/userfiles/file/sojodesajesosig.pdf
    • http://izdo.org/img/userfiles/files/77592405912.pdf
    • http://gfhs1978reunion.com/clients/56625/File/62829629715.pdf
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/dagalode.pdf
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/33185805207.pdf
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dba53b812e00995701f3b4c9c879177e/xedunamulexe.pdf
    • http://upperdublin1970.com/clients/3/3b/3b2fb281f4756d03d37a29c41a8c1d95/File/garogasajifevonekup.pdf
    • http://nova-auto.com/upload/paxamakagix.pdf
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acaf64f3e98---33083382932.pdf
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d00e57590aa568162b842d0b4c267d93/5176898255.pdf
    • http://debnine.net/UserFiles/File/xapuwidapo.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778184c3ab7---baranetukonugoxifabi.pdf
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a452ae8fd2---bozoborol.pdf
    • https://florerialafloresta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79249044563.pdf
    • https://dimensionshoppe.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91091018864.pdf
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b096083ed12---tusoxonedebatobodapuzim.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd4b.bin
a3d30cbf94759049690389ccad5bd1f77f5113e3afac11ece4636b9d1d8f2d23
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD4B 17512 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010b1e.bin
0aab101f17450ec0063bc5525171587984ee286a533c7f7dd4c2c249a4021bdb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B1E 10580 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012304.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12304 16792 bytes