Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 247f7299b624fb96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-08-03 19:36:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: d39e7993b9e9a89c17c559191bae31b4 SHA-1: 81528c50f5ee69c014abb33bb6da19f1839412e8 SHA-256: 247f7299b624fb9661b872d3c1819f8906f38f39111be068fb88913bf987bcf3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic confirming the nature of the links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8f1t4hn10iv8h2letv7p22sh1/rewojezoxum.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d437811ce537d572a8f2adc8b17a66c/xalarutumumisogibimubital.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/kamapesibokiselexudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/pudijidopabinoxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quanghuydulich.vn/img_duhoc/files/95158954754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607a7062d23aa---61388330715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aitalk.vn/upload/files/zafizilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9beba4a3dc---lolon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66b89e8b1f710305eb242ce0cd039d90/37065801669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwm-quanta.com/upload/files/59664466569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/53197390372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-4/20210604183114772864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/inlj9r0aeiivnfe4r2bc9vom67/sapedizexojevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/64829425366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systemsbiology.at/uploads/assets/file/jotuliwidexifamuvawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b73064a17---95225555037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/26519186648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transmar.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56589050664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/mosidusug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ea940b87c---suzozazilado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philipwillettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zusililiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce14dbeb97244d3e77e4d0405bb31104/gexizitobotitebirapijota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607871640e625---xurukiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089958e3777c---jowigududusafajazatitudut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db4cc94234---xizowabaxifutesozoxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=best+treasure+hunting+in+washington+statePDF 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_off0000f3a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010bb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BB2 17216 bytes
SHA-256: bed0e6dcb6fcfffdf209056559c96f17a190b2499a3f93de141417d978ecfe62
font_02_sfnt_off00013891.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13891 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 94cf8fdf45e079a49f15642ea29802019790f59e5691a92204af46c13c124ee1