Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d67a8e03d800e98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 20:57:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6639796afd7ed5abca541c63be087fd1 SHA-1: 128670be54ae8612eb27653736e073ce957b1284 SHA-256: 1d67a8e03d800e98bbaec90508d67867da076ad9b404f626de752938bc56e685
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links points to a pattern of hosting malicious files on seemingly legitimate but compromised web infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://mayxaydungthienlong.com/uploads/files/files/86208849876.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/is7l80c45jsg1suit8gauon8p2/govaxujukosetivatoxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/36567966296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e181b5fbb4---sofigonotig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed9bacd9c7---nusuduganutaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62c1a1b68e---5448234967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077904e9895e---52946116851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809628e7f73---49370912091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094eff1de6ef---bozudasuvupukuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bfc5783f97875689d370a2a1c737ce0/lopotagugobuxafowewuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpzbeldowa.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/rikot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021052321595154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b22c7c2ae---tuwedetegejog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/7447672528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forumcutuca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuxomilefujaluner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/ronotij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/36805921039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8ddeb4120ab74df2166543ac5a3deab/11292732962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d59de807a---dupeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f6c1c2ef0---janaxebofure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1e9114caa9---kosozobadomitovop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a67b3d02f22eb5aded51f6c7cadae897/45364931874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080237b21904---61862016889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/830b7e91b14dea04aaaff5d89afe43f0/76663681150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd93361659---35319441536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=warehouse+manager+cv+in+word+formatPDF 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_off0000fa3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA3E 17208 bytes
SHA-256: 388d46f6cdbf0327fcf92a515a18e70e702b038d8e1e45ed87536ae21a1a8371
font_01_sfnt_off00012738.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12738 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013f4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F4F 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 5d327518db2c3c15046f89452709de064c47dd3e10d80167ff303786c15bb9ca