Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 421086928d69fa32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:03:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: c76978ceccf874d7d77e974cefc4a7cd SHA-1: 5feca2e19465e8b7d1d94c799f792eb20c84cfb4 SHA-256: 421086928d69fa329cb18ce3819ac60a0e7c03e1bc6583351d0b81ebc7990b32
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure and numerous external links are consistent with a phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eu2ef074ld1j50lc3m23ja364/79770606197.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2gl8v7f1eqpi5nbb935m57gbq6/43059020640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbuffalowings.com/uploads/files/vasezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5d7dda7299c85f40114c87b3f3cc304/9263220672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b580639732d4bba2ae23c730684899c8/38229034424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/665e8eaf01bf2e649dfb92ccbb65a157/26700397360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/70493416204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb3b538ba5---bofumovujobozik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58af98d4bb3fff2fb94579dce837e6e9/34281314704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/bovozerogikeduveran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/bapifuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5b30df63b126f0d543e4daff0d5e3eb/wovusumaliwunagibeduvanug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/63457834308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc98d83c1a1---fapinujikoxovaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glotecgh.com/upload/editor/file/weginuramebetozofiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/jewutifil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/686cb47b1739d320d953d06e86668d57/50138113107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/69688679368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3i7phmlobabaqnqtru05a3lv70/mogejebetebunomexexum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d575f07b51---84771973070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb3bf3c0b3---56799373940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d6a788211---87523097747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be66ad79e0c---83491816127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071850626eac---gowobusom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=d%26d+5e+character+creation+tablesPDF 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_off0000da09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA09 9076 bytes
SHA-256: f695977626623e59fedb2fbedebd468d0acf89ff6f6ceafeb3cee4351ddee6c8
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECAA 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 8b49036d0f6761343b2806d969768e6f73ef4d11532ae4d44b2b08e335644d68
font_02_sfnt_off000118e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1