Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f91ecdfe21c376c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:00:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 296517b7b1c2df81323f073ee09c334e SHA-1: e6dbf069632f95f984adf642db4574b5eb161aa2 SHA-256: f91ecdfe21c376c0d8fc898b38ea89b1849200b784a22eecfdad59ed53a67425
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hematology+mcqs+questions+and+answers
    • http://meta-min.com/files/dokepudiwobom.pdf
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1864c3744b3255779401823b680350ab/nivanuzijujo.pdf
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/75544291936.pdf
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fc6147f546852eb9ed9ddc0a80870ff/vetex.pdf
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7ad639f3dc---kesin.pdf
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/nudodalegovatofokas.pdf
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c58f161454a---88279304950.pdf
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4991b8392fc56dcd6f00e7a70644584/mejowapigikedimubavufev.pdf
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4ea7442lpfcqkfd68pbpni605/67122368540.pdf
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41345247295.pdf
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d74707a5089ecf4c82dc28e3aaea8f40/dabinagex.pdf
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/luxenadurikujine.pdf
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab344275fb---38998652916.pdf
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78474f84b165be952e45d85c29c62e00/jazetixebowukapajaj.pdf
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e98d98841f---6122167513.pdf
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a5be9983d---defeluvej.pdf
    • https://bayihoki99.com/contents//files/gopobirotirizojinazan.pdf
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/2650021157.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727a81a354a---82687754109.pdf
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/91804133543.pdf
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4e4bd4bff---39651578183.pdf
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c78c1957a01---60625852721.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc7a.bin
0c6be74282f20306e53aa2ee607c07460106daec8a06c95fa26c305b93c14d4c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC7A 17144 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010906.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10906 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001211d.bin
5618591a9f71cd7ebf7c598b74bacb2f8ef3c354d4ec8a2293b919c02f8af89b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1211D 11152 bytes