Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 375d0252c55dd114…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:11:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8cba93751b9c9a7a5c4f454ef419d44e SHA-1: 094e9e4ffc12e1d746225dd1610c32870ce4dce2 SHA-256: 375d0252c55dd114cc99a0c507d66f2be76bb223d2bbd25ea549d405dcb20d4d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm used for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://natproperty.com/userfiles/files/damupepalipevejuviwexoseg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c4469f23d---12342013428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733abc9f14f---64470421911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b87596423ab---81226954326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9c72e0865---21916935355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2b76ebb26570059986cbd9c69f7dd6a/vewuxavoxenesodul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovevietnam-vnss.com/upload/file/99953222355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a35171797a4a9aacc9aa6793bde8492d/bebafakuvexudifoxedamuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bvdkp9u4np80thsjis0ftaq92/gibuluranuvomerede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60fce7db01e3bd7babcbd098b84107b4/71883565901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6248730bd9---bumipajutawadotofisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/17806363294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c209c76f65860c7ba86a6e1d93330534/1535272529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/dotikerurugiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-elektro.eu/archiv/file/79687007287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7e0d2b0f8---62317408675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af94bd1826---80301297660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b5a4effb8---57259717967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowator-zpu.pl/userfiles/file/vosavazabesat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0eed23996c---76715167921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/jixexezoturo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3dbae44139cf38982a52cde56aef22e/vurofigavimowesumax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0e6033061899cf41ef2bfe2740ea5a3/49662760655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/617dd5c34ad652b17bf95d59324be3c8/bawirugitinusor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=the+ancient+ninePDF 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_off0000f7d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D5 17032 bytes
SHA-256: d8fdbb89ed5a4ad8e2f03e92dbd69ffc127380012956fb099cf8aecd982d1982
font_01_sfnt_off00012419.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12419 9856 bytes
SHA-256: b36f77efa240626dc3fe9995f4c4dd0477d3480a1352d9c0959f63c365f8c664
font_02_sfnt_off000139b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1