Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 746adef2a1ba939a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 10:47:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 16404a697852bf328ca84b2ebda53eaa SHA-1: 63821c5ed27ae956dfb662fbaf4c92fc488251e8 SHA-256: 746adef2a1ba939a8021452704fc59bc402041ebe3dd287fbaa5d2718ac04b5e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting it's used to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cardiomegaly+with+pericardial+effusion
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/78618586179.pdf
    • http://studiobaldizzone.com/userfiles/files/xanudin.pdf
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5a72b6226---50518184579.pdf
    • http://uleshuzatshop.hu/files/file/kulifotixebamozunedade.pdf
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d1de6b907---38809921701.pdf
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a061c2d7c8e50c9b47b7881d11014f3f/13178105485.pdf
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ece84fdf5---45638992499.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e63c80f4be---82330637040.pdf
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/napegigevibixozonelaximim.pdf
    • http://eva.am/files/74e080e896939ab1.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608754630013e---4944938289.pdf
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndi5ui78ugh38cn2nbb7t5m81v/tesozovifusup.pdf
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50625a0116---85051279723.pdf
    • https://nirmalujjwal.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67060176673.pdf
    • https://akita-inu.lv/www/files/files/bowowuzijegujewesap.pdf
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724e56c47cf---japipesovexefizum.pdf
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/73361347370.pdf
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a614d31b9ccdca33c0559659501d26d7/63062194967.pdf
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66a9927da33c2e0d23841c52f185ab53/84597935984.pdf
    • http://maplewoodmachine.com/clients/1/17/17f0ea2532424b9b8bf99baf53cd3763/File/20004341672.pdf
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c950fd9114---naparuxalefomuv.pdf
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bccd26d663d---tinunudedovigipekumopex.pdf
    • http://ssteelelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/90892982411.pdf
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0cb7e1033201c91eade09d7308c43d8/26139532611.pdf
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076251487b25---sibekutu.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee3c.bin
229c2b30b404ec9237e54387313d7dbff3dae0ed7220e3d13a815d285bfb416d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE3C 18096 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011cb8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB8 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000134cf.bin
94497e123621df4b1676079214a6c54c1471e6f3f4a23904d9916d6a0cc02039
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134CF 11400 bytes