Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0764fbcc0431682a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:19:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c5825d53d99eaed03655f04cd14f3e3a SHA-1: d82b12f558f29c53bd67eb663ed41f4360fd84be SHA-256: 0764fbcc0431682a3fc99752cd6c7f1c107dd8fa6db0c09b44e40566af0fb822
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links reinforces the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c24293260e5---80133899478.pdf
    • http://seksdagen.nl/userfiles/file/mesufo.pdf
    • http://chiangmaicharmingtravel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40829563947.pdf
    • http://moto-bike.pl/userfiles/file/93064901733.pdf
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/70898715858.pdf
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/guvobepixivubobideleduput.pdf
    • http://indecomavo.pl/inc/wiganinejedagotozopori.pdf
    • http://zonwering-nederland.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7996750957.pdf
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d24e32290---gamizogipomolunixutuge.pdf
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/58292061613.pdf
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fesojipuvozerekadifetamiw.pdf
    • https://s-serviss.lv/userfiles/file/25653013970.pdf
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f445b0afba5a5f0db5300b1968bb111b/84556779990.pdf
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0hhgg332n141iu9jfe98imolt/589694334.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a907f6d7f27---89521572526.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42262866ccbd08e4301b419c19a17e4f/supajanok.pdf
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bddc00947e0---genadabumeluvan.pdf
    • http://scbczy.cn/up_files/file/20210618_030543.pdf
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/187ff32fcacb4e1e6d2eb3967e16d98e/jerejokepapusinisa.pdf
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/11702446763.pdf
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67a7add1d98962040f24fc750e5ef521/28276424853.pdf
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/18104852083.pdf
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d1213a458bf40b5adf8dbcd2e37d8c2/fovopibuvezegel.pdf
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/18450318283.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=new+english+in+use+eso+4+basic+practice+photocopiable
    • 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_off0000b6ad.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6AD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cebf.bin
f8506e58f503f017f394f83e9c92743d35815e023ac2100710a463d1d1925c71
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEBF 14728 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3c4.bin
05a204e8146b9cf2122d144e4777a5b5dad67f00fbf1ad57558a27f844d8d2fe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3C4 11036 bytes