Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 676be58ba92d6ef7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 08:48:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5224d8c85f695c6d3927fa88a46a3d8b SHA-1: 4ab27b0cd66298598c7b7b0bb425a0403f3b1b33 SHA-256: 676be58ba92d6ef7e38d5f0b49b13d562fceec9468733b0419da7c2d429015e9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a link farm on compromised CMS upload directories points to a tactic of disguising malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7bd8bcf47---zavamapokem.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608153b7a0dfe---30044603344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bea79af684---fulatubuwaxinupad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/56296774026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinadesigndanang.vn/uploads/image/files/88545082966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/12708608517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c188d82b9---xesafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/157698eaff9e0f72d4ba89fb9e245cc8/90241293816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf9cd51763---napeponewup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aab8aioy.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/56786406100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/xosujukageki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f911cd4354d5a9af59162a37b34b850a/9103386946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202107/files/20210703042544173835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a69490dfafea080682cffea5644cb4be/fimakapawefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d90c1d248---15374176367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/valinuvuwafikekuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a014c3891c9---58447677223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/jajogigujomumewanuravaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/filekefamabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://passaicvalleyclassof1957.com/clients/44362/File/73406044188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3b75fb319d3d4f13241e4bc83457116/35505853439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6369dfe01---60243860557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dik7ltkhtb8771pks363c62f2v/batoguziwojalafege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=advertising+effectiveness+project+report+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_off00013b56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B56 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 462bef7ff055bfdcd01d7c93ca267202350bd219df585f34807bfca5e72518db
font_01_sfnt_off000153fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153FC 17100 bytes
SHA-256: a7eb1c95f9b97c0bbf18a43ee7bee461db1d06eab8b86407cd5f332b8eee7ffb
font_02_sfnt_off000180bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x180BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1