Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f62d29c538a69ec2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-08-02 14:26:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d22fdfc58c9e529e9e646fe1712cc161 SHA-1: 4cd65f1ff09cc49232ad81d3e559aefc2d543afb SHA-256: f62d29c538a69ec2e0b8c422c4438fae30d1dd65f341b3549681e8d27c3fbe3c
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL analysis point to a phishing or downloader attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9113

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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 http://bsp-oblspl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56413720323.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86cecc0354---jenurapaketuvuziwati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbsgbucafmmaf.xn--p1ai/servimages/editor/files/61028787669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b38e9bdcdce---bodopagenupevirugolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metnar.pl/web/uploads/files/45266686067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0a0659ab2---57905580691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonaroniskola.net/userfiles/file/damezebizidobuwitixeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-moonlight.com/CKEdit/upload/files/14121865567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myshopekerala.com/userfiles/file/18241101341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b0e3e85d75891838c0d812438245124/36562995114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6b156b9fa---23494055751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f3133e50d63d64d7b892f8f341e5ac0/rogutigilepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cnt41akcor40ek8drbfhr47kbq/laloxalojolabavuluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bke5ufnuo6rvqq658s1p2bq7s7/vidudekamonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziva-muzika.cz/files/file/27817349051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160deda4853fbe---fedowewatonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/27854016932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8cc221563c926a23aba638616a58d43/68601309400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotamsui.com/ck_imgs/files/jegekotigegimave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e6a31c47b74415ba2f4997f9ec69d66/10684759387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/wasexipiletavofojano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66cc649adb2a1711aa23fdd31bada0f5/movapas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=corel+draw+x7+free+download+trial+version+64+bitPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f43f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF43F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1