Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 408a745945b96d72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 12:30:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1f3dc9186ef0063f058b41172a81c73a SHA-1: 05d8bb22f40caadbfc092720f201cb016a182fe1 SHA-256: 408a745945b96d72c5f527931083e894fe580e2398f246665efddb3a581b9f2d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to exploit user trust by directing them to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nippon+india+mutual+fund+share+price+today PDF link annotation
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a98a2e114---8046333401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roanfamily.net/clients/0/01/01b24a6c100194bbc8678883f3cd4a53/File/18608968397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081adadc8050---30294090517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/10408232985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160880127a8f47---mawigubopowazusosebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5vnsttr0hrencq9knjoid0mu6/sujisenufumedetugokabukuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relocationservicesgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607614c5674e7---40045663219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fe997eae6---lifipepavaloguxuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23bd85898b1be23518728ef58278ee1b/5001230853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/dupiponafixupuwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc77fa46ba9---gitepot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://childhood-matters.com/clients/49507/File/fusasigixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgbcvgvckqli94jj35b2k36hd2/84592220336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fk7jp1bu2fr967akr9qi4pdo7/5815724266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tragiaocolamsapa.com/userfiles/image/file/94799189780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v13voi8aqescao41e8e5q6ljm8/58339510323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/46190047456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08c54a5d7d880d2af937e47f84f691e7/bujunovakalenuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waypl.pl/upload/File/pawatozisanozalovuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ff802fa47---82406193295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ce820f625ddb10e286ecacbf592a347/xuduzeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/43122927424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5723202ec---simozafezajekunemotabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/25941401682.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_off0000fc51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC51 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011463.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11463 17204 bytes
SHA-256: 36a30c32f633d7a3039abe7a9b594c425280bd43de2d31619a98ebd07b26bc18
font_02_sfnt_off00014126.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14126 11076 bytes
SHA-256: e32a8a1c57d16fd7bff0daa7e3388c11add726fb33bcea9f5ee4e7b09e9989a4