Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 422d3be762da76d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-08 02:55:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: a2d8fe98a2bea9cf027633b6f0073050 SHA-1: 1d7c21e37574f4f74a0f469f907a81ce509c8286 SHA-256: 422d3be762da76d68b80d5fd470110cccb6b5e11f608449e52029882337b8824
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm for malicious redirection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the primary attack vector is the embedded malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823f3093317---51628760856.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5nkaf9mb5eenlu40f48ocead3m/wepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16209658995244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c738b6ed58---teniketowixepatonikope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a35b22d79f9---vevukigobaxozenolele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3a7ed56894---65100223183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608943a548965---56892057492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7978b392cd---73237115513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanumed.ro/uploads/files/werolimegetuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce258de6fc---23530910104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/257c600bfd627571f4fce1a6855e1be0/84305431413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824db67a932---xerotavewakotojenexibixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a490b86c287---kexorobibajixadof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94bba7c93c---xedavilogazitobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c5e6969f7f67bcaa5f8094478e62b44/71169199692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6255ab2f1c64e4ed91ce721eb7efe83/zukizukudipub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sck974rd6p3pid2sv2m6skaef1/mikabifotowiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalcinoni.com/userfiles/files/mulog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f190773b7df77f4f8fa571f64f4b22d/67632317089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc72629a8db---87633825968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6237c4931---jedogodujigenopipujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxczx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210623_230651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faxik.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gakasuwasojunuporokufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/7354430224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+lobesPDF 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_off0000fc7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC7E 17000 bytes
SHA-256: d0865755f77880336b61b3322c7bd35a48ea249366a50f54da0c0698f94829aa
font_01_sfnt_off00012912.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12912 10012 bytes
SHA-256: 0af435729b8f09a53c50383df9354978b8d25c9f27473bd71712b2d5aaf74cd1
font_02_sfnt_off00013f3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1