Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d4d325f9c570557…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 08:56:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: eb9ef0fb01795a54acf07adf8c6633b8 SHA-1: 7c09c4de7c77240d95a522b24d0ed1e0d38bd7ef SHA-256: 1d4d325f9c5705576e22994580da741beeb3577f85d34da1a6c9d5974dd8cab2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This structure suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=at+the+first+step PDF link annotation
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c85947f303---44374411822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trimblehighalumni.com/clients/84492/File/2937028243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/99250501521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d183614ad---41683775996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/33460659082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/zojalatataxoburomove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da12d773f44---69326246111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f4136fbbbcfe374c88fea45ea6e0850/naberiropuvutuvisom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/771f3f9f7d927cd11d856971d5aff317/99153594985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7df93762a---xozodoruzal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2156e8893f60bdea6dcb431cf6639ca7/18507308687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d26b3a1cebe---tawapabuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160902fe089187---kutusapexediseku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lf73kfj5td9efmmon4vao8939n/miratinosapijetak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb228407815---gasesiropavopibipogej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/098b222778116437defde6e92cb1cfed/teriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budka39.ru/files/29114870959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609063a03ebeb---26029596162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c74c0cd63---letuzisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c6e624cb2---47750395650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cs1i6p2lmvgcihehgempdtoaqb/kubexigoligidizuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa24cc66ea---9519252093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5a3848618---jatam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1160b210fb14dce22d067ce80fe9241/kidomowigekexoweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ed4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED4F 10004 bytes
SHA-256: 9530ade65d3950232fe1da3afbca2431a73b4e92fc126438bf6ae4e6c4fd28a8
font_01_sfnt_off000103a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103A8 17236 bytes
SHA-256: e0a10fd3d094cf79e85e2f0e557ffdd6c7d3c15100535f8d58c562eaae460892
font_02_sfnt_off0001307d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1307D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1