Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55deca921be1039a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:04:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 00b61bdff5564c5ecd9b177aa3489782 SHA-1: ff759b68727869068c820537f5b5ee4a2040cb35 SHA-256: 55deca921be1039a8613ec281c60a1e30cd30a85525e2ca1b8e0627b8bfa46a6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of these links and the overall structure align with spearphishing attachments used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=prevention+of+protein+energy+malnutrition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c38c2c0b879---87631857089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfbf3006d0---31049170394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d161357d5---83926863861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/359oe2d844limirpr1f2mijqd3/36245459113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsaix.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mulikabuwej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca25b0889060d85b6d99bc68d24d8e94/rigipewolomagimoxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/faxezaxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/bufatitowatekisugupidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d15b00d9f6b798cf59725e736a6240c6/83013314039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geriatriccarenewjersey.com/userfiles/files/varizatisuwoziwuzuvinenut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riwg.in/userfiles/file/radimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoscaform.com/upload/ckimg/files/202108250719145672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/49761875084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9d43b566d---tokonifadevukurozobiwelak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30c2509aa2---47008366445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airlineclassof66reunion.com/clients/c/cb/cb51827d251551eca15067b3b23580a4/File/42595931131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accu-split.com/userfiles/files/80550992270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161167edf623cd---dotalumabinubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carzip.biz/files/uploads/files/wixupiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmscsmartlifeblog.com/userfiles/files/titelodobupeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61ab145cf3f05971603a46ce8700bf06/46809550948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruilong-ironwork.com/CKEdit/upload/files/nufudovel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7uul722qh0bivqt08h2600pqr3/wibukasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b8b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8B0 15596 bytes
SHA-256: b78cd9fbbceed17185456786e22138822279bb95393e28c14dd229188b00b03a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e060.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE060 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 328954af9e90c840127f87f4b5cac5ed2803c56dfd1954bfae65a5311ec8eb6c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f98e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF98E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1