Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f001ded091613c01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 05:43:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 780ff2f5a1053e3afdc773a00144c808 SHA-1: d24785c900f55dcb0627f885f8b967732b51ae88 SHA-256: f001ded091613c010e10347726211b8fe98d5b5d6073a8661b6fc94252222747
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content, potentially exploiting PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r65sk58j6acgl69vsr684fud1l/jiberivudibekusu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791f1893e70---lazababoraxazakemik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodabo.eu/userfiles/files/23867784211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/37305651863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b22vq9n7sc63dp7ib8ki59pe40/pemefaganuvavumusofudan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/51270184231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9216e189c8---21144989262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///wamagajilufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079556bf1414---paginomatiwexewobarov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/waforenowejilalawimel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/15536762492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuviet.net/webroot/img/files/88767995486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thevisionkharj.com/userfiles/files/sokekaxefiviru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/tadavikekalufokajinenuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8366b707a4b3e8fa0935306e065fcae5/xaxariloji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8af8a7d5a18601677613a50fbca966e1/90680934819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/13852998352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be07251541d---72089630915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/xigafukav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a034f882ae3---33535497055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mudodusugakokuxutipeguros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/sapugijapuxabaridime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8deeeb9f3bcf847938faf03724daef0/62518645888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenaramainc.org/clients/875997/File/86021837541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanumed.ro/uploads/files/68133526923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=indebtedness+meaning+in+accountingPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e396.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE396 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 45c3719e36e64fa7c6c3d96998bfb46cb9d500245f941fe96acfc1e4fdee58f5
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC17 17328 bytes
SHA-256: 2643848ea7fa8ce1e419e07ee396bf8c420f1b347bb84afae58620fc44cf84c8
font_02_sfnt_off00012976.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12976 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1