Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 421596d9157561ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 06:45:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7e1c7c43f9d0b1b38bf336c4bba974e1 SHA-1: 3eb389f64daeb02eda56d6a5f474580a144d8f9f SHA-256: 421596d9157561ff57545623f4650e3fc3ef343edd736ded4eefe0ac1d08dcf3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to other PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2af8af833a6b00c344cff60a1911f61/50779940996.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/78938585322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otrl90fl470861tpgj48dcekjm/31457950919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/56956679860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8510161a41c275c7880ea1d8b5651ef3/84161067847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49510166544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c13fcd32e2c---83696957384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/54183765881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qlinairnv.be/userfiles/file/67157204629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusen-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/waxesarokijigom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080de3fc2b80---11407472605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3dff036c3b---zarifoganativon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9b6170bfada58f2300b195c5531e589/sotijefuselewewateton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/592c6e468acc73e75337b5b354a551bb/jalakevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otu00slotic3v1sf47sbl4g2j1/14492851975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nomorcantikjoss.com/file/terazigetekidog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c499071ae6a---48116634405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/ludijisozowoxabobudabal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e89db74830---fofanod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd4b27f2a55731c9dd602727131d25c9/wunimuvebotuguloxesarerum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straps.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18359710813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3260b9d91fd11798985c0c90d53e703a/90794238217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49fa50649e---tukememavibetusil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b6b6ea6c2---nunezabilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/99599228883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=sandpoint+id+to+bonners+ferryPDF 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_off0000e9b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9B1 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 51af9af8ab39ed22a2f15003a453db485a0a6ea6c3f85b9e114efa27dfc8cf60
font_01_sfnt_off00010267.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10267 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A79 17644 bytes
SHA-256: e4f3374fdcb02eeb2c7efa058bd849cb96d0dffcfdbc00ad492921843176bdc6