Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 100feef897eff459…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-21 01:19:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0b86246863d334d14d7fe54cb19b54fc SHA-1: 9e1f0cdb4f14d8a2a758b1971735b041dc25f007 SHA-256: 100feef897eff459d4c7662aa3cd20067a24467e0a1a49a7355be8137721654a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDFs. This suggests a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868b341108e---83077108619.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9adc91019f46ee9567f4cf88f6c6cac4/83539035334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/kukazibomipujoderunidunad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/21447895160e01b9a63bf1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f102e6f97502b9cd1853a184145af010/83071403925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f81027250bfbdac421634e123a87915/12558997691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e0879e9b2f3f8aa2e8f592c56171276/dexamozamepifuniwonem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1182823f1a4ba120edb233172b9aa3b2/mazodukilerede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/lutuwajazobusat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06d07b5eec---samavuzunigobemizelenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wildarium.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/losavonepilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5deb6d2bde---dolunutudepujezuwiforexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750a5bd3943---6878450288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/96872577832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fea81c0b33---tiditevumitabagapulogema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b848e453bee---90646177350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d3abcda320db24db6256a8d36c9e033/5582680866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/voxoboko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/91899758166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6vpmeevc61j8ve8h8t7gab8mm/78525484928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hicoweld.com/shop/fck_file/file/gokinefuzijalaburo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formel1vermietung.de/userfiles/file/rinapurujawuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/13671458597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-eamplus.de/web/editor/files/65914494352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+save+a+specific+page+from+a+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF46 1696 bytes
SHA-256: 18d4e792ecce3f905fa2ab451ccfd49c5848bf831e68a40b7d1f99915d932e98
font_01_sfnt_off0000f75e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF75E 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 2594b0b6d3c3e790ac2a19cd47d1f5d2159b6aa8bfa637b855abd56cb7b29dcb
font_02_sfnt_off000110aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000128bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128BC 17400 bytes
SHA-256: 02a594b491ea696456c3bd12749a470fea80c29863f957e5e884238caf169f4d