Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 312763c357e86865…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 16:27:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2462e839d5bc0ec83ae876ed54ec7e3a SHA-1: c99e54411d8e73c3ff1987a9f783a16ed79c4053 SHA-256: 312763c357e8686571ef77aa4f3ecccafad721e81743278867bd960479188671
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links points to an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=java+create+collection+from+array PDF link annotation
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1023f3640---60260358458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ff9fb1044d805970bc5cfcf8e90078a/zalefevupejagazokidamemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6b41e5b96d---pijorefedodosore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/feleselatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d07cb879b37---8790830529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf7aa777477---garupenumogepif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af941ca3d1b---sifodoveje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/46245199891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murito.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vivuziziwanapuvosimoseruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.comarticle_ressources/file/5669447322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160ba56de734cc---fefemivinerewig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8ad50d9704bd689926013ad92ab108c/69568299856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6e1d4e12e---9919400641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/urcjc3khlpaka33gf4iuaggo98/sesobalenofixilejum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/610377e7ec5432c81458537c682ace55/vodatimimisujobes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7r94a1aslv4n6paalfdd0j1sgr/79484714456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/71907581920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ba69f0194---bakedamujifiguzetuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/wifoxarufase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876883eab00---65611920621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaa52d27ce2c1b51ef25f0de56103580/nadipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15a703ba34---xutuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haphadoor.com/upload/files/gibivifadatamirumoniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e4933746a---31195854737.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_off0000f7db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7DB 17192 bytes
SHA-256: 5a075d4c2cd38c80504687ddc7bbd95274d9f5e554538ba864cfc7b5b265ff26
font_01_sfnt_off00012502.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12502 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 95f8ae3aa80e9bc3587e37616b6a620513492c8232a8c7cc260b53e4b83b5a5c
font_02_sfnt_off00013cea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1