Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 646f491c62abb659…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-19 23:54:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c0da678be9f1f9ac790e7e9e8e5877fd SHA-1: d4d9980d27cfa989d7c29a0041d9ee52a76dec5c SHA-256: 646f491c62abb659a32f92535a25ff8c907af51925772d96412bf5cb35506ed6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO spam. The presence of numerous links suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or manipulate search engine rankings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 http://bestpokeya.com/uploads/files/zivevevawujadiwikonu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a310a3ba93f---soxogobiwosorezufero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laetitiabernard.fr/images/file/53765061609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uco-kampen.com/media/files/56402062378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1e1521c1b8---5587483810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gonguyenkhoi.vn/upload/files/64273465875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebslang.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/gisugagiwotovezutetenovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075991b393f5---zasewaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1666530380bf8806072ec8a60ace0e55/jivowekutuxodap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biemmecommerciale.eu/userfiles/files/55933892206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamxaydung24h.com/upload/files/57271894264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c489590b67---92404486938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutrisoilvietnam.com/upload/files/xojujege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2fdaadeef---55893970569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096dc1a4f38d---99012881961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917a2ed9301---53320834802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f511ecb0b5---diwidujazepaninanogami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807429d6b52---5842367317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23ce296fbd1a95177bdde08da9269cd3/fepodot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082714e4e0f1---76423821462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6bae458c7---31860520870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/visexijupiliromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-esc.net/user_img/files/9241655704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608578cb7f143---zekijenuvalulegibor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743b5f32c0d---16963123292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/tenoxigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=invasive+squamous+cell+carcinoma+esophagusPDF 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_off0000eb84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB84 10984 bytes
SHA-256: fb43dcd7769b8de412392972d7b727a42e3b46c4f60bc40bd5938223e46589bd
font_01_sfnt_off0001047b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1047B 16236 bytes
SHA-256: 4a13e5ef4795e99d08d104803599728442dabac7f3142850cca76e48f7c5591d
font_02_sfnt_off00012e6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E6F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1