Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed37c0a59546dae8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 23:26:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f69bf765ec6195c9d83ab38f99021aa3 SHA-1: 6d8d31c82400a0c0f14631a440a8bdc32bac12af SHA-256: ed37c0a59546dae8a93d3c267d2dd834b081ed1514e329e7e8f3b8b37fd41158
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF structure and embedded URLs are consistent with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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=how+do+i+turn+off+split+screen+on+android PDF link annotation
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161411a101662e---kokezak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camelcarpet.org/d/files/meverafobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///20210916204720_259125980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ekoforte.com/upload/file/87223942959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161364c937f7a0---kowazizodefezesud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/misalazilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steffis-strassladen.de/userfiles/file/16779236627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standardamulet.com/files/files/xofofupoviwotorobowiwikif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamgi.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1191620641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/voridawaladizekuxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://concurs-euclid.ro/upload/fck/2443844319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/296a0fc5a9ee44bcfc7d2723fffec85c/puwadokeluje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congnghieptauthuyvietnam.vn/upload/files/raxuwuravavosopitonok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5lovestartw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/34009856736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menuiserie-sainte-anne.fr/userfiles/file/damojisarugare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsolisp.com/files/file/zawalakanexanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e4ee0ce07---90869976577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prvugkh.ru/uploads/files/sinikawanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyeminshop.com/DATA/files/vezokipejibajawufoluwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benly-carson.com/product/files/53706420605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdavloeren.be/userfiles/files/94525812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upaspor.com/resimler/files/67804573022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/rozizofepafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/44037570882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#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_off0000dc3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC3F 18172 bytes
SHA-256: f27e10c26a5ff314f61e32324718c2d25f5ed0a642526b0658b08f50be921e46
font_01_sfnt_off00010ba1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000123b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123B8 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 29a265eba9b4ee61331f75b6460370d5f04292c551d3ccd232218a0b078dd4a8