Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 467d38655c4fa700…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-07-22 01:34:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 13652a3f8c37c3463698f6aea0179c4a SHA-1: 5acde951cfccbf7bf46a241d70a586f28f4e8877 SHA-256: 467d38655c4fa7000f324fc6da7a7a595c633b14d7538cd4104e89fb468e459c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a PDF link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to lure users to external, potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764b768c279---kifiwa.pdf
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d487a21719362ebd5fe57ffbb8f241e0/godolubamofufasu.pdf
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5p3c7ab15nmlgh02cd03con40/xefibomemixiborinedine.pdf
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079222762339---72763993415.pdf
    • http://eszixv.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gepisuzawujipoxibanorele.pdf
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/28877527714.pdf
    • http://kasystemofkarate.com/clients/861259/File/wuzefuxazifaza.pdf
    • http://avsa.org/sites/default/files/images/files/wigozitebikazomum.pdf
    • http://narnivet.com/userfiles/files/zorenurufu.pdf
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26274db0f7643e88da47a0b94832df95/widibodagesarak.pdf
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f65c57f0494545afdedd974ce41c172c/gefiz.pdf
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47bf89a89c1983e1a2fb349032c2e74e/safizopepexoxarigito.pdf
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/18035111183.pdf
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f3f2b1730e6c2612fe2b79c59685122/12511910716.pdf
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210604_6347BE27956E4781.pdf
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/balapu.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2hv1qcmjckfq5dh09doled7tt/vamojogazipabonir.pdf
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb9a99678f---21267814967.pdf
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/238767dafc92860d9051549333e53ee5/joloxoxis.pdf
    • http://bayernglobal.de/userVZ//file/19324183368.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nn1scsifhisjfhhjlpt3ojs6rk/81802428141.pdf
    • http://springhs1988.com/clients/a/a7/a70db2535ed58991dd9724faf9b165d0/File/19073235207.pdf
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8c768a1950fd1de4d5a47743ed53e3a/zafirifuzeduliji.pdf
    • https://puppometalli.eu/file/43410589441.pdf
    • http://ventexevent.se/uploads/file/3777413095.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=my+love+will+see+you+through+karaoke
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cd5c.bin
599e5a75d9895300a783d5819059aea6ec20429124dfab85105ced97ffd32be1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD5C 10736 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e650.bin
a950498d1b7448d7823ece3bc13465c2711ad9c4646577d7e3d64ef3808dd02b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE650 16664 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011167.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11167 16792 bytes