Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 730cec7efddceb43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-07-01 01:04:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d0e5f4c9c020751c5e071c699c40167e SHA-1: 2fc16bdcbaed43343e5cdbc9015e85656618b4d0 SHA-256: 730cec7efddceb43eacaaf7cf3d58bfedb4e96fadc797580c8fd64746671fcd2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of external URI heuristics and the sheer volume of distinct hosts suggest the primary goal is to redirect users, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=avatar+the+last+airbender+the+rift+part+1+free+download+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://wulf-sanitaer.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s9kopurqbcmnma04hbmge6jh7b/fuwojexusotuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamessham.com/admin/usercontent/file/77739049937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/telotebubegexomibadedasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7395e4996c99e0c04338e651bad91fc2/8119472685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjvfk0v2sb96dq0i6msfdllie5/nudidujopifapesidiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/834db382571496a2df39968b0a87c98e/berojitipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokozentrale.de/idata/ditalulituzujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a038de7e5e6---ropaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hauptlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/10968448113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6c7a278a68d5a5e33028d98c7aa3b5b/kimagizuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtwohndesign.ch/userfiles/files/45437439044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609475a2815d5---zilivaluwaguwakudidekejiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b52f905b0e---84174949200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artstudiodesign.it/userfiles/files/kudonusizevinobaxobofuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0b4429390---taxejefeximaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a74819f2d06---gejufavobiwupud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a896869d4f8---baxokezupukikemeraxinefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c606e62c78---rakozakunuxusob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dogathermalhotel.com/resimler/files/77317613272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1fbe0d2e12---pijepuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096cb61a96fe---45243254084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6293c0229---segelobezolarazosorisuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd2eb13e04---bukuxuzerelina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb021ccb3f60c0acb2c890f79eb89159/zemen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4efeudnjms7piu61f5gvouuaq/vuzazaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gkh04eam7bt4id3mpiaif2eh84/boveloloba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d337.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD337 17012 bytes
SHA-256: 7dcfbe9bf9ca8564beb3cf7d227415749f684fcf611c1d0998092932f7f553ed
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFBE 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 88f6a8d4bdd8d8e0d73a3c3bb5f17c733139c95ee6a1053595675d8c7889d88b
font_02_sfnt_off000118df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1