Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f350193600fb7e19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:12:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4e7586fec9cd1698a8d4c8a2bf2f59c9 SHA-1: 974691241acae9d2b0f13af5d527defc039355b4 SHA-256: f350193600fb7e19ddf7698bb3229300449ed02ea790317b5825ce28ae86f87f
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 links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_URI' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this, indicating the document is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=informacion+de+la+jarra+del+buen+beber+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a08eb972b---rebigagabonamutopebixejoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promocode.lu/userfiles/files/76133829839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782532bbccd---xubajisol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyshiying.com/d/files/55522084789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mimarathi.live/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/liledidefana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibmetiz.ru/upload_picture/49570510803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/1809704034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126bcc4e053c---25055597481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/22927723529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewaterdamagedfw.com/test/fckeditor/uploadfiles/file/goxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160d94dd2b18ec---zabuxapekebovijikekute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e087032d65685b91d456b2510f8a04a7/60323406806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097a09f3427b---57447604491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cab9143f758d33ff34b15f048dfa95e4/sodemebenotudanagin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/benibirojari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://widepolymers.com/userfiles/file/90410733820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826b3f1ab6a---53505328987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/vazazefokexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelstore.tn/userfiles/file/81890402916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6aa0800d0dc5aa1b312ba4f76b6df8d/fizabuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/7073782839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9806508e3---13705633917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cutskytools.com/d/files/45824612024.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_off0000c8fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8FE 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 6ef351913a561a2d2b91653d47a1c8bc10a83938207218de82e390acf090d9f0
font_01_sfnt_off0000e19f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE19F 18504 bytes
SHA-256: e7a619841165a1f3e382604e4c90241291e6e13569676d1d3c13c30acf363e90
font_02_sfnt_off00010f85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F85 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1