Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 678e0519dbe405a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

122.2 KB Created: 2021-08-04 16:36:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5228510be41a8be032b893366b46533e SHA-1: 2f7efcf70b052570d3e5a47788880bc47998592a SHA-256: 678e0519dbe405a8289ce5414986f06ee97f2e5a5bd78b5dd1f4782617a6c212
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, which in turn host other PDF files. This suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607741ee3a450---tokujunimufiwekuti.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/joroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tablica-nieruchomosci.pl/uploades/fckeditorfile/jabavowuxigevonuwajiwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5e0220d2a---68133458025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f3192068c1---36298476273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kdf6871qt19qcqr8fgkvn3iim1/39655463129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockyshairsalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6oljf3eotglepa0davcuo3rc4l/45468355735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc9ad484b62---49579006221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e94dae0ac7---33568968141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5hil1uk9csb5bbsoim0funt1m/97392876198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saammohaseb.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d059ac93315883b64267ce0555fb94e3/9036442195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b5476585ee0---lefebabozujone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705e9a36159---rumuvigukozozuvusipape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c90e3313d4---6390510321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/sogusipilulab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7156786566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c58bb1796---kuxakafozorix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crm333.com/documentos/file/5682647643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aab37481cc69aa8137579c41e20b450c/najonubupela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/levowigogawosonozewupofov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakamurasangyou.jp/app/webroot/uploads/files/zaxeduxuwakamitem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsongpharm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luwosevuwufamamebotekalon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/42046842625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+clean+dyson+dc25+cyclonePDF 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_off00017928.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17928 18696 bytes
SHA-256: 67238f3734a0f70d2df71296343ae11865f9bcf7875fd7f7bbc9c44d98ff91ec
font_01_sfnt_off0001aa59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AA59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001c270.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C270 10616 bytes
SHA-256: d67ffc3096d74977e4195c5db3da8a62412a6b5efd61d1d5fa5bb98894fb6a3e