Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f861ae5fb44f6282…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:56:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 500dfefc9b2b68f4a02eb9c4704297a1 SHA-1: 8ae400e53882826f9d7b830006ca2465a89bea6d SHA-256: f861ae5fb44f6282a85cc9fe7323d24847f9d71a30d078bdaf608a255809c21f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, 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. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to host and distribute malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b540d946cd---lapuvekaselepifavul.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/judikifilobosapegedafija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaba.net/userfiles/files/vofupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avstralianature.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/farifaxagarokukofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ne049k2junhftfmir0cnl9fajo/voduxorox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac79697014a---12811733618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robodom.si/files_vsebine/85438220833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/ravemepuwagodumigawizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuocmambason.com/upload/fckimagesfile/62c473795895be7d8181f2373f49c084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/wuxakupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah2.com/contents//files/35477775322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erpos.sk/data/files/91125066823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/pewaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbfcf2cbe1b---pejikizamowokabovulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugerwafers.com/demo/ruger/beta/userfiles/files/pegegojukuwikuluvalonokij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/116293829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamilannuaire.com/var/www/vhosts/vps296430.ovh.net/tamilannuaire.com/images/file/38550795826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/57729865840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ced472f226526bfe69054ec21774d643/50246740340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e9e69c9f28b6e5d4e77b3d3d48109aa/97357001516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849c1ad50ca---favufalolujekilamado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilsports.ro/userfiles/file///vefumomenumuxanoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2018.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33121687811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biurod9.pl/public/userfiles/file/90638573593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rebox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=saa+learnerships+for+2020+application+form+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e9ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101C5 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 32a63b63fdca76f24e631d1642abc80a8f5024091ddfacd417c467c2b8e36589
font_02_sfnt_off00011bc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC1 17288 bytes
SHA-256: 91e76d37458cd34cb33f0ac0c35c17a4d10f6838022243e6f2cb70c98076640c

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