Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2252a9253a8cd17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:05:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 90097d59528f0db1d2934530d5c95847 SHA-1: 7426dbbe9b60a02de7d1957798e452a201a9f283 SHA-256: f2252a9253a8cd17308f2802aad332fa8a587c8479f4c86408c7409e3c2175f6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or 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 explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure align with common techniques for distributing malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pros+and+cons+essay+sample+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2787f647144ba6074d06d2328b723e9d/9913923561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/1121255902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vishalahospitality.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paretorinalatil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trafikyaren.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/akssfsdq76uilfgu10c864bjc6/58000449960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/18029748503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/di2m12qibud7kkgu75vq9cb27a/nuwotaramafazogujenenet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://latexindia.com/userfiles/file/muwebuwozirapodegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richfield1962.com/clients/4/47/47516dc9824f3897220912ef171c404f/File/53790552647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rogg56fe937c02dgemrm2cl04/23962823260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/pobulonupopoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbc4293c191---5144390175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d354e9752f---sojexotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d28ccaa5e25537ac955ac7e03a07b74/54253216308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1544-7419.net/upload/fckeditor/file/kirijufuriguxofevuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4p0p492v7j88k944jlfkk5anr9/dezemomadedexutogep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelihome.ru/upload_picture/56962955115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bk-plus.at/userfiles/files/zelisenudibopadejezagem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0c8a017e9---3858074646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oubardg7dp6p8spddvsqholn0g/tuzofijinuxode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c8f4e3c8e0---badelizuwikozotado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89795352782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raiders71.com/clients/4/41/4134020f2f298c111575624a380fabfc/File/46696554230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oeuouor0oj08n0meaf8h0rvhec/46981344053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66e1bf79dddab50a1039f4c1956222f4/35105809660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b8a2ab0983---49816372272.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_off0000c930.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC930 18560 bytes
SHA-256: 5c6588b2fcf9b57c9d7f70ddde24893182bac5691e22d1170dc3050c69b395c5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8E7 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 3aba68a13aaaa70197d331c2afd3b07680ff7efabf3d1de9605b42c32ba743e3
font_02_sfnt_off00011186.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11186 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1