Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7406343212875b85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-04 15:21:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 423947f3182df868a66ecf185756adee SHA-1: 85d33c96f3ed1b5d6f06994f66446638474f496b SHA-256: 7406343212875b85e2695284ec561a13085d197eb5e866f8567bc2344e7ade22
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and link farms hosted on various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chapter+4+skin+and+body+membranes+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36ade203aaecdc9b3796ab86c029c460/sufijazimiratemebugase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettorobertafasola.eu/userfiles/files/ratopuwategabesef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/tedos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marbellamohali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a904be040d754c714b2c577401314be/12470963057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hu48evr389rkobvhfkv1pvavcg/gasonakep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/40057184546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/nabifulabuputulogid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a2a256a74---wiwozog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbc3eb7e81rr2v8fujjt76gj48/xifasoped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741f887c8a1---17970183391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ka4g3093ki61epf5kqq40ijd4/mapozowevafobegojolofego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d26fc0acee8---zujibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bdba6dfe2d---54250165296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb7bcd89a7---nisonelenidodumoziwanipaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/89874699416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54140ab167aa80a784ab8e177113be56/74473802805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/20659313698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinacomvietnam.vn/uploads/news_file/4395846834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/54410290715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c57b291502---norinex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a56b4ceccc---nowezodogofazedenobux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkyangmei.com/uploadfile/file/2021061805015473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ccc51f9d5---659167787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonlittlesun.com/upload/files/napunogofogijoxuzusi.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_off0000e51b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE51B 17136 bytes
SHA-256: 432b9cc7466cb4e5d9ee0614aeedc1f373be23cf4b8e7ac27cb9629a86a88a8d
font_01_sfnt_off000111e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111E6 11152 bytes
SHA-256: b2304953a200a59c540a8cdb7bb1c8ef0c7c8052f78af2769368524848c84430
font_02_sfnt_off00012bb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1