Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2677714f3d017582…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 05:03:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f0eb72384e771bd728aafeccd2b719dc SHA-1: 09da0cd1d87a4e03e9f8020912137402e1dd9c19 SHA-256: 2677714f3d01758241e5b4dd1fdfcc1933f91839371c65cf5178d8f556915631
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs, such as http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbc72b6943---69025710678.pdf, are key indicators of this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbc72b6943---69025710678.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c700797e0---gunafodizivajija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalper.ir/data/files/file/dalavazixisirudonuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41cbeb72ce5f0aa65f473b1b48609f69/9203229453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/rozuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogieclassof67.com/clients/71235/File/54557283250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608380e2471cf---nusuwitizemefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xoblates.com/clients/e/e0/e08cfb93fb97b00c28394d0532709dc9/File/62260719092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2f3b8e016---50841667239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c90d91649---xuwejebofilifebebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/gununesesejamedobaxovogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41f81f76b3d5f0bca71b6008c05cf485/xizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imssp.by/data/images/fxeditor/file/92218369702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/552167347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e7bdcbc5eded2ce869bdfa93a9afb08/56619631318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac22eab061---dawenamozipizurax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/55295753385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c1f6f85a19---wupoxajenanokalopedunotur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1904152e0---zosomorumemodemisivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perilatomsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuboduluderazitafezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waypl.pl/upload/File/97244177055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43e6586ac815fc69f338c1ce40980c4f/dumupofenuragop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=marriage+and+datingPDF 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_off00014ad0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000162e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x162E2 17676 bytes
SHA-256: c882a146a1e75e3c07d954ceecd53b071adbffda3602e2e6af2e65d5b72f1dc1
font_02_sfnt_off0001911d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1911D 10080 bytes
SHA-256: df86fcecc44c24c8fe82d09b25c267540fc014321397321cf7c7cd690b6e1cec