Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71620d2f549bd786…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.0 KB Created: 2021-07-19 06:21:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: fb179e35d7f82b766dfd7b2a292669f9 SHA-1: 57859456ae99982298da46e13fcf6f5bca44cfbe SHA-256: 71620d2f549bd78671497b3b10bec33515526d55189ceba9f5061abc8d063656
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a359d1d1708---73006634765.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c891bacd92---sutoxamegeririmowesiboli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe4993a3b8d9b63b739868ba5c7b7d3a/48410797114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhesient.com/media/fiwobitikid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/gamorumepojadotike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db221a511da---vadukoxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/58502790020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.dk/upload/nedit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e3e25b2c44---pogines.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827a72b3697---89420174602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/16104768978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dab8a70c5bc---zorerenumevuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uctpqhb1ums4tvsm71l3u8017l/20969699541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ca22b27196f5db699c725c8f8ed4a65/sizemajelalobimupuzogugef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://100tmt.com/uploadimage/files/20210702044533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/tokedisokupariror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westleyden72reunion.com/clients/4/46/469dc9162705cbff2d1fbe132f144f37/File/tuxowudereripivim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080620776076---96871077849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768f1334af2---46837689835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1e973cab2---27302612019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalmanpower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43703797858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dc4cd104bc02f562b89e0549af70604/89922266501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldnaturalfood.com/image/upload/File/40133391684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2b68f0fa7054afed162497d5489318a/sobidufikuwikakorurupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db8803ad24---15252351774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=passive+and+active+insufficiency+examplesPDF 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_off0001319d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1319D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000149b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149B4 10944 bytes
SHA-256: cc46f271f805e611abb02324fdc4913c558ee4e6dbb8d652e5db1ad0c6b8d7c4
font_02_sfnt_off0001631b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1631B 16672 bytes
SHA-256: fe7b3e0b53b9d02a9a9c9d983e053be979dffb270409fee259f77688e2b0dde2