Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1627a3a5452d55a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:12:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 66dfca56a5b2713bb8dc7e594e29d67f SHA-1: 728de867cb07256e5142dde12b029d428ec264ce SHA-256: 1627a3a5452d55a679973484eef569c7eaed5a393c3efe3bbee4979d57a0dd22
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide direct textual clues, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for such attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39db606b7d---48096481629.pdf
    • http://hanboo.cn/Uploads/file/2021061903181270554.pdf
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///202162981944406.pdf
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085567cad797---segijejababodefu.pdf
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088169fd2df9---xetidirisagudewi.pdf
    • http://xprchemical.com/upload/files/76571581097.pdf
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785379032e7---30434404517.pdf
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44lq2ubbm775ltjmooc4t27g60/66586483991.pdf
    • http://smlstripedbass.com/home/rock/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixipamuz.pdf
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984fe08d643---36559891793.pdf
    • http://mediaworld.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70332162326.pdf
    • https://panama4d.com/contents/files/jutoguselu.pdf
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/wewanob.pdf
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/81732554617.pdf
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a597eb39d5d---duxizixizowo.pdf
    • https://alrashed-alsaleh.com/userfiles/files/52905792261.pdf
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fae8314bebede370fd5a42c47919286d/76615845828.pdf
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/xurigefaburuviwigajolutin.pdf
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2rb2682a9rqi286vdjukufoqd/89720062679.pdf
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/852uphodcek49c33m7knf49ahn/poxakokotikanunubexegisu.pdf
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaef852a50d59b738ba6b29656433413/gelodixozetedesazezazusek.pdf
    • http://dental-forum.ru/userfiles/file/lawinitewitogan.pdf
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cv1bitnjk8li2u36gnll6jj13g/93209491279.pdf
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8fcab9ced46de7dfa0099e298795e78/80000683036.pdf
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd18f94284bf8d9898cb63ea7af8cb7b/99670460480.pdf
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6mos5hpvqsv0ejdkknljbpc3k/91556049079.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=reading+comprehension+activities+intermediate+pdf
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/xajorisixovorasa.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_off0000f69e.bin
bcd7f530a45fdda2f49bb77621b1ade6e0991454bf553ba90e578338bac2eab8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF69E 11132 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011037.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11037 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012849.bin
4223cc3db1c089ca0d5e04d66771053bb11d310e94b41529c1158c9d9a51511b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12849 16552 bytes