Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 393a4007d534eef2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-07-26 00:28:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a41a6acc0b9a7a579d1656461b15e9d7 SHA-1: b9043abff478bde54645b6caedddf211a735cb38 SHA-256: 393a4007d534eef234947f21802486184c0657a66c8bfb03972a11da091087c8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a61340e3b3837d81826a7554d9f3f500/xoputazakofuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e56038adca---82266367594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caed11035d7604887ecdba1c17a919f0/31675745482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n74cbbcf0ackmso5cuqgh9thrn/47685003448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50a6bebd3432e9b0353922a3a23c8d22/lojifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed0801a71c8a8cbbca62af0534c26e22/71490086013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xazikomexumuxebimig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ggpo139isapqbb7mf70t6j090/lokijetebizusokefev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexcochoralsoc.org/demo/lccs/beta/userfiles/files/sagibexig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0cf624a88---xisugububozed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/ralanusenemomota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee0c80bf22---puzidibokeginepirivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arbormaster.net/uploads/files/37061787674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a564af67878c85b48b7e1eeb12ce17c1/37255344811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/riuchpla2865mgpsp53liusu1d/luziparedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/584ec86801d9c63b33f888bd476164f2/posibefigapimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piotrkowska77.pl/zdjeciafile/62922399708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/29472763809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3764e3e76994770aaa590109ab93e985/dezawavufisef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089dd21d9697---15926646359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acp-luxusingatlanok.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65618742570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/heiq5jt1tk4f2pel48j60ie4q6/xefevameritojof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekonopuntos.com/campannas/file/nulinavedotaxawidatakak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5197e90ff0---tipefupakipawag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+questions+on+nclex+examPDF 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_off00011b8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001339d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1339D 17284 bytes
SHA-256: e4c56802271a08738408d62a1d0ca9a0070895946c550ed886a42690cfd28fc7
font_02_sfnt_off000160c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160C3 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 04105f57b3b59df0337f4257eb0cdba2df8d8413f4dd134b256b52e1491ef3e5