Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 166774a9588b9deb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 01:52:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: e72c2fc2963b46be423ad776f24af4e6 SHA-1: 89113372e83de3af46130316dca0a3da251c7cff SHA-256: 166774a9588b9deb045a95d7806c63b20c9a011a044346ff3d1b6cb84480df41
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This structure suggests an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially distribute phishing content or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6b2f3db5b---zumijuxexoxira.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acbbe8d73e---gosijazupitapaxigoraloju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/55830439620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livelyway.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96181520134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/dusuledekoserefulab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210505163445577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609883641f829---39088266632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac86a81c478---22020635777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regimhotelierbucuresti.com/images/userfiles/vodib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3368d9747---dotuporumarazomepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c633d8fb519319151c17aaa3fd1ffd3b/47646365216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orvosvalaszto.hu/uploads/files/nekiponobigexapuwutora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/22179798845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766697a8381---79756411122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18848a5127---debofapanewabalopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/4219077466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hlt05f5rbj5vg6ee3a9555dd7h/pizefefubisaxunelusif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0j6kknnpb1ntpm7b9r04upvf76/xikodawanenevuwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/43690440403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namthangbasaltstone.com/uploads/image/files/nelusapolakizob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.com/upload/folumojim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0956b1fa9c---67902979512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b093949f0c1---93265384767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq82rdurr9nc498egm7d4gr3k0/dotepojud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eac0fadfdc---walexokimovodafonuxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/remeravekiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=things+letter+hPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e332.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE332 19060 bytes
SHA-256: 0826099223e23c0f402465606bce545c8c128495c35d99a0b31338798d1e7651
font_01_sfnt_off0001138d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1138D 10068 bytes
SHA-256: 6712dfee4f5d06a9536ca0c89850fe127fc065cdeffc548911198e88da0dc7be
font_02_sfnt_off000129da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1