Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2758643527ec51f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 19:25:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: fb091598f1b61105d939f6caeb603f2e SHA-1: 51a4201f2e07750db54b75ee1cc1aee9a166fc38 SHA-256: 2758643527ec51f4f42b27722abae7064ee0da8750949d2e9ba2b60753bcad91
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a deceptive attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+notes+for+competitive+exams+pdf+in+english PDF link annotation
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1e0ff9b6aa---sefoworepufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cd28cc121---kujidosavibazajivisego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/fefijowalojot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/26463493482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2469d5be3c3a062796670bba3b018eb4/lakuxafisugebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b0fc927c9---35960163125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walthamclassof1985.com/clients/5/52/52060312c10aa816a718e90a19a6a7a1/File/juzamudiniwogapokik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/13404058634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvhs8c5dptgqja3hcnah2uo1vl/38977558318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f608970e5ee8f56058580ebadfaeb25/gofavawun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxiparga.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc2d58769e78c97aade65c8cfda35bfb/89780850829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cba60.com/clients/6/6c/6c2dd71b6188bc8e8f5adc6209c6f86c/File/xozerolamezifufikij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.com/userfiles/file/bipuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ed8033881---wofedurajumev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bacda7a8fd---reratenowiperuwafiwidomop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33b1cf86720e927f61708891b105515b/5575457384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608142cdbdbd7---900288841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/firaniwunud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tks-forever.com/upload/2021/06/21/file/15160842195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca020f79830---65571324907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/konefulozilofedetowapat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa80bbdc0e---tepatemanolamubuwugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9ac7a8cd5ca5c813b5a39cd8707b537/rixuwuzotewavabogul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608360c10ee7a---93728659248.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_off0000e24a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE24A 11380 bytes
SHA-256: f2df907f3e8ab58744c11d739183394e40b63709253a7a94f7484acd69211afd
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCCE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000114e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114E0 18468 bytes
SHA-256: 13962f8d19c086171d3a3f49d6810e92f0903b03ed42cbf0e74c8ba1eefb6abb