Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 375eac973eadd379…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:08:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: aaf7d984c1d9029ccc9fa3516d6a56f2 SHA-1: 26f1616aa22623ca76f315d2945155aacf65a027 SHA-256: 375eac973eadd379511dc41fb6a8996c6540122b5c7490a8443df78c6c003f21
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the embedded links are the primary attack vector, likely leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d086903ed---bivuzuz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://techlan.pl/files/file/zujurofojotapamakewuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8e51ad8fa3---bokovimikawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobitransjogja.com/files/sixufobirerekodizep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8482a81215f54c5d0522800851424354/4221368117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202106/file/1624040489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afafdf7416b731aaa815154f06c8693f/37891541529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6455254b1584d2a247b3d1070b0c0f99/zimefef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9jeg4qaumo54qnjlmmbo4afp1/7468258408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotokeramika.bg/userfiles/file/69040416289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ppmcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9ubb30nsen6rn7id96048fvkr/3246480955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairview66.org/clients/866114/File/77819042317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c61175692---rojomodoluxuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f84264afb---67305643313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbestdesign.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/wurokidivewokotixirifile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ping-property.com/user_img/files/24876433831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sport-jicin.cz/dokumenty/sizofididabakiwetod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609898828e7dc---37596581884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8120f409dbbed351c687ca8a9b3e8970/41712882620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/86438710802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivaldiroberto.com/img/files/mediafiles/file/fowarefuzusige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inncredel.com/uploads/metobunotos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/202156456538143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+maiden+namePDF 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_off0000c748.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC748 10240 bytes
SHA-256: 9fb3d0b5499233e3c253f2a51dbffe868d9833b3b0a375e780ae21913bfce3cf
font_01_sfnt_off0000de1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE1B 17832 bytes
SHA-256: 81b57cc7109a280d68ad3ffcfcd0dfc4df656a75c00e11c70fd53540c8cce826
font_02_sfnt_off00010c6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1