Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62da2d79c86ca34d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 17:57:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b143f99b68a97e528120c07607f29486 SHA-1: 235c965c0565cb1d77667a5c5ab91792f4e13acc SHA-256: 62da2d79c86ca34d513cdbf900ea4a8fdd0b2859042ab974eed950aaddbfd2c5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a malicious link farm designed to lure users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=maths+thought+of+the+day
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9edb32196b---93469546104.pdf
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/66530664646.pdf
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607754ac69a79---25619942470.pdf
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f53f4f22af---zunenobemumubum.pdf
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eea0afa4cd43cbdc37f6b26be903971c/mizasuz.pdf
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d306ae5d1d941433c7c5adeeca9129c8/82650342878.pdf
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/fadigugavunowavo.pdf
    • https://www.letspassdriving.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9i6cg559j6fvub5t530f5tvv0/weworameva.pdf
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/47991964245.pdf
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/30894481901.pdf
    • http://valeneighbors.com/userimages/jomevinadowevagawuju.pdf
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/31843606009.pdf
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf5d9da8b7---58892236993.pdf
    • http://dogalakustik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/widubemuvujisosuma.pdf
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b5e61c18e---lufamilazotewulineduza.pdf
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27b6ca03437640f7dc30a24354dd2a46/78758117949.pdf
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/88188392274.pdf
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sfgr4fn058mpj9ndnm1m754q8j/73881268734.pdf
    • https://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70579bef86f04213800b71520564001c/gowalasisagamogap.pdf
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429044415193908.pdf
    • https://inverpalmas.site/aym_image/files/mizebatavomoxosagadoresiw.pdf
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f27acb79bc40e7a63e4ddfb24b04544c/pizolu.pdf
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p5sm0spkmt8l4tq80mtpjvivnd/15424854751.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_off0000eb91.bin
ef983379893491f732409e3d59e90a06534c8b713cd9122b9bbf3bc69bc429d0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB91 10500 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010375.bin
6edf2d8c2cf654a8f0f8bafcecb28114ccad6550fe94ddf2ff0eebf51f34aeba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10375 17064 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013008.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13008 16792 bytes