Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5dd462d406c384df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 11:36:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bcbac1d718dfc873ee416cce5c10ce7e SHA-1: 76e2ba244c2f7c9d3bfa03a2adc89d6093fd82c9 SHA-256: 5dd462d406c384dfeca81c38ce6398f488b182f170f5804cf89943671bc3a975
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, specifically within the formcraft plugin's file upload directory. These links are likely intended to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeaa21894ba---tililenopukad.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c62674a20b1---zolipimesidejemetaretoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160958f0ebfcc5---tewazopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qh7kl0ii7lgtc7oqkacq4pb7dp/firesewabikubawavoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmhomes.com/images/bulk_images/files/12109203440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/53382123115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/69381019758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2540339f9c83737564cc4cec3c8225fd/23267861173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenagro.com/sites/default/files/file/guzeviwemuvunidebis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d23de894e75b4b96825c13a2142a00c/totubajixebatagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/medisugaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb0b99fe14fd5b1b4d5afde0e6fa1407/73281551289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/5579673575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/pikefimabudixujalijomet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defrokatilai.lt/images/files/sitikuvutuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e90bc392d0---rulokosokitarowupozovafon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0643e1aba6c2a09e22015f626eebef0/87655216601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f9c9c2d99---47637042631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607805a2e243a---kebabobeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ej7dggporvim7omcv1bpnt924p/4171558510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7d12d2b2b---69346837312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0382d2d782---nijaligikoxazewifoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca39d44e9c62a0173ce5c47c0696d1fb/pekubivapojelipexazupim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=kabeljous+accommodation+self+cateringPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e6d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6D2 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC17 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011429.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11429 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 1642a4d3e6782c30c0b15d65da96a525843f5fa5fa0d482d93c9df3213074c3f
font_03_sfnt_off00014132.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14132 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 707b20059d8ea7b798af53a1e8e29b606ba93b64774aa4c260f60d30ef4f6c89