Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 740844b71f2fdf7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:52:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0f64377a274f8bfc297f49b766e5f2ab SHA-1: f7ce5273f6ef02c07a1cfd45ab43ebaaac6e8900 SHA-256: 740844b71f2fdf7f37f5932885ea632947f4df09221a9d510807c4a6849fcfcd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially harmful external resources, possibly for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/debc7f4aa3aa2ea81ed2c695a41b8759/zetupemiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e65d64a6349---53067042762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telektrans.hu/editor_up/memubobuwudutonageveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreadramatour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210827_7C3EFB95B80AEBEA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa074d21fc5---korizuwamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608032f8e44a1---29404270839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b5bbe13a9---vawowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/papoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134405f24bae---xulalikodimujalunixomupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/radupevad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zygzak.eu/foto_dane/wysiwyg/File/takero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e3cb9ef48fb7694dc4f23d5ee34d580/pebotamigegiposipekutiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b98530ad9ab74825bcd48887e88181a/33828491000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9148637384---42623401018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dilipprabhavalkar.com/images/file/14444166457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f546a5349e6---sokidolufikepufonoraruna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/82395774906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130ac17d52a5---76951927717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/31120298306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rasathantrananotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sujakedodewamepifumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertopizzetti.it/userfiles/files/lixakezutulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cestovni-postylka.eu/userfiles/file/voxeriregozolorugig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/30123560235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c1050462a---basag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=english+lessons+for+high+school+students+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_off0000f5b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B7 18724 bytes
SHA-256: 90cd81b730ea52f9a6bee2b68f52b2aa3fadb043cbfe65409f4d3648dc4b97b0
font_01_sfnt_off000126f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126F8 10820 bytes
SHA-256: e9bb996106294d62071192deea1090a4516339c76cc91f889fa47c03e2ffc70e
font_02_sfnt_off00013f9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F9E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1