Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d4f7232be4317db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-07-01 12:54:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 40d3854e43e09a8f1e1fd377f5613ec9 SHA-1: 356472b193a8ee8f7251cf6b9ee4e6226f2b33f9 SHA-256: 1d4f7232be4317db14d17c4dd8f32b6c94cfcb6e0b6b62534b08836103061cc4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, identified as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=substring+and+instring+in+sql PDF link annotation
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac55ff99d52---95242538627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd8f5376451---31007711849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cddfct.com/up_files/file/17658140169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/18450318283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c20367d53d0---44544872231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jucadent.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loxolisevovilokupibad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb04fbbcf7---kibogepufaxoketinuleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/mobiziromel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d0a3108f2---jovakududiboruzuruvupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5000f6ae6b94c522282a13ef022cd903/tivamaxiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a209861b759---xuxifoxafiwobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e340b7a0d2---49144585604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98d4ecbbb782cb6b0f2dd2dbe13d2c93/zeletojivow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/megubuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d11a5895784ebf6fa105b20677bc9aa/43597643088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calisnt.com/uploads/files/18034100863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9485ad5d4da21aa8c45026587c0eb387/12196001067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/sepaxobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/54534434398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dcib57de6sa242tdhalr7pk37/23290682435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83d417f6db01d9c5a4245f7c6c2e66b5/64117393240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/zunerupawimilozususuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5225d672d8---66790153958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/26079468979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bad10674e---98206390404.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_off0000e3f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3F4 17356 bytes
SHA-256: ad2dcf020b5a032bb4baf286b019d425ec77b3716ed3dbe857373602571494c5
font_01_sfnt_off0001118e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1118E 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 27d56d9de768cebdf43f0b27abacd4b8c4d291beb8ca80441fca3f4093a49774
font_02_sfnt_off00012969.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12969 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1