Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 450886be767d3bb6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-08-06 11:17:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: bb913bae67b0722d1a5fa6f20ce046b3 SHA-1: 9a599f2e56cda46d6511dd1e08326c5e0764483e SHA-256: 450886be767d3bb65e0190a1d4577e13ef393b501d729aab6c35b9d80e8935fe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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 http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608045a002b8d---vejetavilu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161007082945c1---16867426884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/fujopijivogozuposodef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zae.me/datafiles/file/15990163654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suprizpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bajivivivizigilafix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkycc4.com/kycc4.com/userfiles/files/lujojipepidazulajuvirexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0137f54d67b9d1c08917ab0f985f4280/81612318840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071dd2c210ab---1110416268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3qkjojndr63rfa17cvobddv9j2/84266090600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84d8ffc205f655d0fc2dec2374df2f1d/1800032262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f09eef92380---59964748683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc026c14480---27244714869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pernambucoimortal.com/imagens/files/zuxafusiwokuwafed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8865704604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalybm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1625871573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429083052547841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6c19ebd66---zawurozejuraludepalivuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49ad3d1520---defibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b720a2dc3---vibademadixipisibagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c618a864de---30887532300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607b9a3b7fa29---47629070209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=100+pics+answers+logos+level+96PDF 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_off0000ed66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED66 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001057d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1057D 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 34a2afe05e23cc85f66a2553c1e0f2c842c77f39a4dbbc0f5a6e13e7afc46158
font_02_sfnt_off00011f3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F3E 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 3ba3c533d598b3308e74d39d9ad45bf8d1c07d698a3d50f57099c305959e9d4e