Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f918aecd781eafc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 14:12:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 336ff05b1cbce1b594a37ade0f9f400c SHA-1: 9f557a5c57108b67a797a648c7fb1090607cd457 SHA-256: f918aecd781eafc30464dda39aea79e7d75f3969260a30f628721af3a86b0f05
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure and embedded links are consistent with a link farm used to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=university+of+michigan+ann+arbor+campus+map+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.cifphosteleriayturismo.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zagebubawem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jekc4a722g22tiif3kjt952046/62948900619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/102cb04531b3313071d05d8fe03d3862/14641318385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ngeqmnp8mpms7ql8r9r04rkdhm/78995088182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abarappresentanze.it/userfiles/files/22015483468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6032d648aa34485503e6e5e4cac09310/3819527434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5390d1ab68---lidurewezamekapumobap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nazrabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jozomawupakerebedolal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0342e1a5b5---toremixobefoleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dll1fbd1tpjedg26fi2el046t/13209988260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/65611193470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf85403ca9---doxumagopebiwepajafizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushi6.com/uploads/files/bupoluwuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gi0nieahltoqrcu3gsusb405df/dupunuwarimoparil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emprenderem.cl/files/72577228677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881b25486a0---34882805135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzweien.com/d/files/vibomuzuvag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novena99.com/uploads/files/202108252329054764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/purozera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/dalosozubevotolixoguzir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6af4597611---54427773695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace60f323d2---nedeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/dakupum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5ivbv57b1sn3k87883hhfd4cb/57587614779.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_off0000e0e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8FA 18292 bytes
SHA-256: ef98f8c3aa1985113a6935eca81e07ae73a5e9611aab726179e212477b83acb1
font_02_sfnt_off000128f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128F2 11448 bytes
SHA-256: 25ff91c9b8b242463c39da4864f93e77d03e86247b3a7324115fb9ea87b09896