Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55d7998aab11f05e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:33:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b7aff3009c162c7ec0a55670bf930b1c SHA-1: 36522a8f3ee5310e00bdeb4487388268aa8f198d SHA-256: 55d7998aab11f05e0262bac1e925a3ae7f29dfdbb41c197d4b8fea2fd1f2f095
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating an attempt to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL findings point to a malicious document designed to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://affordableadobe.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xerinovasote.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b320d388f0992361f8b48d5d07a9c618/lefovixonedepem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2tv28emuf9qreib3dv7vpv2471/turuteluwuril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6743bec41b---54000995546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/14876030762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/gozafukijivaxapimikes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o023ucju3tf18vrl1d083kc4m5/rewibirumeritawek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/38769414509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creaorganization.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/mositisul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalgoodviewresort.com/Uploads/file/79365796276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup4.com/contents//files/lafebuwilasosojiviludun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/fupukanidituzaponobobar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/83736713855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607964b25b42d---46088865764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021052111092964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ddcba47ccba539e85e989dea68ead4a/zofexisegoroxajovum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aad02247470---51974655882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6915e7a545---50864771195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.southdownscellars.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74822742203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9dc40610a---12696697739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargotavio.ru/files/file/buramupikopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/28116362896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40d73a3265861c8f632bda7f63c67326/81682502958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/7906989534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096531cae80b---29371321011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=uptu+previous+year+question+paper+pdfPDF 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_off0000eda9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA9 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 2489beff3b5f56a3b0f915711b1d66824615426f72ca971bcf436cfa477a529c
font_01_sfnt_off000106c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106C7 18616 bytes
SHA-256: d891048bd72a434f9ca18a55ab3293f75a903f2789a3be155fbcffee11c4b385
font_02_sfnt_off000136c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1