Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f877b083bb27b94d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:55:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a902a915669375b46d9a965c0d50ca14 SHA-1: 0968f9327526e46b101be7fe8f4102b5f47045e3 SHA-256: f877b083bb27b94dd8a8903623a934116295c6e32a840a117374213134d447bb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=quantum+field+theory+and+the+standard+model+solutions
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dfecec6a0a---93021524953.pdf
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/ripukisafufukorutipab.pdf
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607489a8c5526---41006940061.pdf
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba51068242e---bojosojonuwutoga.pdf
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/laterexutigopesemawebokiv.pdf
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d52b6bb97c57900457699f8e52aabaee/9898140059.pdf
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/lovanivoluxurupurumarawa.pdf
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bitjksncov5fo15q73hvnt1af1/14985879543.pdf
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99252402a3597e3d74ee2628225a3192/22749897644.pdf
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072198e82318---jasokenupibag.pdf
    • https://nisahanpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/lilululega.pdf
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/9052446522.pdf
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/488768cdcb9a1925a608755730610d52/pilosudadadu.pdf
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3kvqrjn6dq4ck4ulot4ffrct24/jufepasetot.pdf
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb093aa99909ada0234ab4ed3aee6039/nakisabes.pdf
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9bhuuvimbllc5ab1tebdtkt15/76010335262.pdf
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a45413ed0071018024e1eb7a2e5a2f87/zibosejubib.pdf
    • http://anjilh.com/uploadfile/file///2021050109195738.pdf
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48b7dae945f827d480140fa6fc6ecd0e/59924136274.pdf
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b6be468ca---6720685585.pdf
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f829db3cc6---13953618195.pdf
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e51d2b3260---41203818638.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e163.bin
140fece392e1b3d810af7c24fc1a6a2b42ad84ff4f6b3764c61ca8e5860ad5f6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE163 17776 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f90.bin
b34b48cb151c2f3cc712a967d2db6b6eec1f07596fe4e084a21e9912984630af
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F90 10892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000128a0.bin
dd6efc21e5d6237f905bc27d2a50417812e2d93816010a7193e2b7afad136aaa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128A0 22776 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00015008.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15008 16792 bytes