Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 510779b6b2ded66f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:24:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: da5c7cba374aedc8cc57f3f71b632187 SHA-1: 233177545233ce6653535b9c414d927126a98b59 SHA-256: 510779b6b2ded66fe1873b24919f7c94882f889732078fd8faee1b8582d2816e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is identified as a phishing lure, likely designed to trick users into clicking embedded links. The document contains a high number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm used to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+printable+sentence+writing+worksheets+first+grade
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c62a6aad0c2aea7976613b7a4e552f39/tibari.pdf
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a83a0f029---71288441913.pdf
    • https://unaizahic.com/Files/files/nudanuxedopox.pdf
    • http://lesbambousbleus.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/42876944987.pdf
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e34f805199cb498e6e760cd4fbe9f1a/846430684.pdf
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab44db0214f---maxaxinuxugifakevunuxaze.pdf
    • http://cupta.org/userfiles/files/20210624145900.pdf
    • http://baliretreatcenter.com/olabali_ci/media/images/newsfiles/56594669222.pdf
    • http://fantacyhandicraft.com/userfiles/file/54303710546.pdf
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dahq0ekkh53i3htvfo2ronv6e5/60615022203.pdf
    • https://betenenergy.com/sites/default/files/file/jowikusimekuwunolateta.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f333ab773---suzered.pdf
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd778f62ec043f73a2982a1753da3c29/vevufokuripirogajawa.pdf
    • https://bliznacite.com/files/gupinupowugikudolupuzilo.pdf
    • http://apisicul.com/userfiles/files/44497844710.pdf
    • http://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/kitexemabavipigut.pdf
    • http://kledingindex.nl/images/uploads/ponujokopefun.pdf
    • http://selmanoglusigorta.com/userfiles/file/datejufizajigixizerokidam.pdf
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5b1c84a912fb07a16a13713242b25b4/10540199191.pdf
    • https://kaptenhoki.net/contents//files/61216839888.pdf
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36c949b9367cc448b745bf2225373bc7/24276537892.pdf
    • https://wittnebel.dk/file/rewapepenir.pdf
    • http://revucue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48432002315.pdf
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/43657745423.pdf
    • http://zonweringnederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87979017209.pdf
    • http://library.nesdb.go.th/ic/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woxed.pdf
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/82714842716.pdf
    • 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_off0000b4d1.bin
afc56ad4491d52cd37f5e8c09951ed46711c0c9887cfd548d51368ebb977f316
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4D1 11192 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce8c.bin
c3d0e8b52a9e8d4ad8257d1b95f62de2edde4cd17406947c316a262d3ccb6ea3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE8C 14364 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f214.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF214 16792 bytes