Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0275747f419505b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 07:59:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 0601c32bfa31a6c28833b51a7abe5a5d SHA-1: 2ad436c6d94a3bd54047ba270cb15c23a084bb36 SHA-256: 0275747f419505b3ba7c164f33aaea16a53a4938e7411153153c19c779703e29
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' further supports this, indicating the document is designed to host and redirect to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=term+structure+of+interest+rates+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843fdbb1b3b---dewodofamowapexizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c206bae22---wawidelibide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bc8c6eb0fbc057b787bf22a9f72e8e4/xabakitelizugipuzifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7be16d4194---barun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handinhand-daycare.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riruwulovibiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g87fe2e1odb3k0qam59kr5j20t/jabedemevorojujetaraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05b19509abb589c4ae5425eb29ccbf34/69899060162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kec6q6lah8i5q1rru30a4dr66h/togoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/70832898591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/41518258467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecolservizinettuno.com/userfiles/files/sovuxalemil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limmaginebistrot.com/file/vumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8190a175dd8ed49741e3a3957aa8fcbc/zemijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f8s0k6qum0lhpc6kalhtnkjs4/rumufezukuvegikagono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvcd4jgfl6km0ab43e9u2vvg36/puwijeralalifewopil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889f765b2e8---tepomafup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--pr3b03lcdvwu9dpynqkc.com/DATA/file/20210618133018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/87162721021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fceresources.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21155971729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b0019f864---71738757948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spoanalyze.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c578bbdd6444620276530a45a43ce56/manabakasixonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2cfc8b8fb07664709c75022cf79814b/83244621291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxilitomerice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mokutegaminomisetobewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindspacepsytherapy.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210613063007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0n0rh0hu8f3qkutgapee3abqa/dodekobakufidadurelisoboz.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_off0000ec02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC02 16848 bytes
SHA-256: 529f052dceb4fd6760174ffb3c844f7fffe807068bb741ad9c9794e0979692ea
font_01_sfnt_off000117f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117F4 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 3407b59602e25ac727bb1ff88fee032c0920689b44e111bd96c28a77080e1d6d
font_02_sfnt_off000130dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1