Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 255145e9b460259e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 22:48:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 78bfc02063148a58320c99063df70359 SHA-1: d4d2a39e0233754cb6639fe6c9c07c06a60e815e SHA-256: 255145e9b460259e5ce35313b42692ec0ed766863250d044ae75f6885d5690c7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a04d5b896---sunokewij.pdf
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/17909230766.pdf
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/75364905289.pdf
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3v9mim2eo5pd14ji7g77cik50v/kutejikelu.pdf
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/lijafenafakuzagi.pdf
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083cc25bee6e---9053680537.pdf
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/495542c2b6db7d29e1581462de473551/4234783486.pdf
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed5bd923ee73e1041e2832e0be91fb01/84171232702.pdf
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7okcu54imhfqmrsqvmo85r2umi/86709573106.pdf
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4321ae792---70427415530.pdf
    • https://kozhikodedeaf.org/admin/my_files/file/fomezajinoguriburutevar.pdf
    • https://agmatbaa.com/upload/files/kolubufetepikotesujone.pdf
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085693f7b526---24269157349.pdf
    • http://nutricion-intravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00a0822040eb2f54a6158b085dd783df/gelijagabibixivakel.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0be077269---10894587055.pdf
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ef9a84703---67913437926.pdf
    • http://xn--l3cbpp3gh4a5g5c.com/userfiles/files/xebopezagozera.pdf
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a2f6e3ba3---walobotarosod.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/624np867bla1iomlkifjhu6kv8/14605602816.pdf
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/34021444704.pdf
    • http://camionespanamericana.com/userfiles/file/42665828116.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=unravel+music+download
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73683db68c7c28b411743aecce482555/6624625514.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f52b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF52B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d42.bin
8e95c07c738431c63d61dcf6b8d5d72d95cf6aa2b36d34a8cc562af21a06048e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D42 10692 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000125bf.bin
a40c87db691da48ba0681296363714589546e80ccbe86ead41b6237bf1e9deb0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125BF 16956 bytes