Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f84dd3636d9c8715…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 02:00:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: cc744f7808d448d287275b34fd8ac61a SHA-1: 9df5a07a39d7de696edd86b4e438b252cb96a91f SHA-256: f84dd3636d9c8715842ae0c5014de8d23466e00f74fd9c0d7225e8226b401e5e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=christmas+quiz+printable+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1186e2313e8ab6bbf1a010d2f7fbaf2/90102790610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087219c63679---88316356766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcdvh53cnf2s5fdvujb52qjt76/vositi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867ec0a9620---81290911658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e8b222f718---tepusazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cdf3aa388---vaxilimivadera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/802c37adae36acc26d562726e71789de/womuwajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwhs79.com/clients/867100/File/xisivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/91745582172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cdeaa6b83---90854826964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f121ab14d9---jukosakoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e67e24fd098afa12ea19cc6d07fe70fc/moxiwulaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/vatibozawozipofazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/wanebizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf8fe0dc8f0---8307810054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/botarepelosopilofiwejorup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881fb30639f---9400170669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c9396e3dfbe74df9f543724d293eb97/24780905049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///53184846197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/jozovebutek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32d055a28b---82570331810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3cd5810634---lowixarasalodapoveruwufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/xotined.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_off000107cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011fe2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE2 11220 bytes
SHA-256: 09cf6f0b439d37e316e65d4dda26a198a3159b183b4720cfe8c4196ae77cf9a2
font_02_sfnt_off000139a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139A2 17424 bytes
SHA-256: e0949cbb448df940f2b3f7c81646fac526be6cdbcbf150c76905f8bb49bd26ce