Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1690ab56108d90f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 00:34:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 240204c9fb6131c9d87c56be109bad3f SHA-1: 645e0aef40660824ea3943cabceadce8ecc639ea SHA-256: 1690ab56108d90f514b2f2244c596850d68cafa7506b88ab3c012103af79efb0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. These links likely serve as a distribution point for further malicious content or phishing attempts.

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://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fut9h3sq7eqh6ifglpohqe65e3/11398773194.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b253e06790e28abf502a7695d1c1dc3d/ruraxiwipumeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c62d500e9d---sexuwiwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ecb2a4e16---liwamut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd6a7cf0e78524b08300957123c23244/11817015674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72458812031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aaa8af288f3711188d65e218331dfda/verexoviduxirutagib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807b3c9af0f---48268745796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/704708470465dc375369d01abe8132bb/15619822376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0a5acecdc---960959931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/niwaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/31689728226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ride.hu/images/uploads/files/naziwewilasatovinevorobew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5175dd31d327383fbfe3bae2e8ed5ff/47426807927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/60731761204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scriptdd.com/_file/file/72931044088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed8cf20302---mogukubadaxanavuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52399935bfa42c2f4bb40393a7d60a1a/xabarifiradizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superplasticizer.cn/d/files/nugetapavixemoxaxenas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af6c4c6a31---46345890051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/8245844373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acdee63eeab---39646662682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/seruviliviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xetaihyundai.net/upload/files/27779958102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/mofuwuvokakoguzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ijg9lnluf3q8fc6fbhh0jk5d97/44015717453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=as+joint+tenantsPDF 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_off0000e863.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE863 17160 bytes
SHA-256: d5921868bcb73871d17d91453a3c45542fe3cd76cd0761d5a2bbad551f297711
font_01_sfnt_off000114d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D2 10064 bytes
SHA-256: e9b8e4a0806bc962b5c29cd5ed6b82b4456d5778a4f956f2430cd5400a1f1478
font_02_sfnt_off00012b59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1