Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f040807e083a547a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:02:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8dd05b1b3cdd9927960bd53f15e69dda SHA-1: 091534b1a6750c7539309b37e601799b6410332c SHA-256: f040807e083a547abd1f13b47379baf84fc4e4784f065ce5a4f3c2033de774fd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous external links, 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. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=i+am+poem+free+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fcc03a8c86---13534083429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardens-spa.com/user_pict/file/33917923121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/900339da672b5cb3ec5c6d1d7295928b/ruzemolek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/20927365568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9efe47bff---pegerorigutuveveta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9hkjs5hdrmei00odvjnao82ck6/50113837937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722ecf30d18---78399651307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ahpdt45dmccbg6n0tdf61dhcv1/jidozikobunejejode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-gold.com/userfiles/files/87728730145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/xitazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5eafa26776435f5a3292a6b0ed36830/wutagikagezazudume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przygodanaukrainie.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lebafelakotonarijopelon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implantsdentairesdesmoulins.com/upload/editor/file/mojexuvevanal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b6f7847d6---xeninoropizabivuwupapebef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fulepmark.hu/nyebu/fulepmark/userfiles/file/47745301978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macroedunet.com/userfiles/file/gelixejomalexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6cb5ee0ba---70569156163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/zabav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abdb12e6001---gavupafido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c44utdu63v8ruv81jhuuesm0o6/24589750269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607894812085e---27568371335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4734a8492d---vilubolizemopigodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796d3019b30---18654642156.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_off0000e644.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE644 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE56 18364 bytes
SHA-256: 5f83b4424a1cebafb7661363edb7cb00be5a1e0773a9a10b08672aac7fb76012
font_02_sfnt_off00012e33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E33 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 51d91bef6bc75039a511b0848a22a0c723d7c2768b2b8cb78990661663aa11ee