Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 751d324bcea903fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-26 12:58:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1054737cbfefa5119c74b687593a94c4 SHA-1: 47369d41ceb02530252b34e65ac43302e4242c6f SHA-256: 751d324bcea903fd4e21da07f936d6df27f6a97bb14eeeb23870d502da090ec9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs suggest a link farm designed to obscure the final destination and potentially evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 http://sportschoolindex.nl/images/uploads/tumexedemisazi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aad1442b1d---gowem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/86877032270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candybeauty.vn/upload/files/pejuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cce670c5b---bidunivelopajigumanuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moffatcountyhighschool65.com/clients/878592/File/28200544588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/disurezunur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhs1966maui.com/clients/64750/File/69346510454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab1dd9e2414---63753356132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dc85c082c47cd9ecae0c766eb158386/50958155579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a9dd50b5d---54679336243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ce59b02347f0a1b2e1ec8b284e12cf8/kotufufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangnampools.com/contents//files/45486841903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1960.com/clients/1/17/17c242f0968dc4bce059666b43fbd075/File/26307425482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ettorebelfioreliutaio.it/userfiles/files/47606364754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d45048d7e9acf408a69c155754de096/77589432392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a9c2d7bba975bde5739a247a05bd3ad/mixebosanemogotidomapam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/kokafisateleledutobogida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b457e29717d---39803597514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uflo.edu.ar/ckfinder/archivos/documentos/zorarozelojan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baljj83kpu2t0u0cm3hs04mjb0/41001810793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a595fd29a09---35863511165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ldj93s6hpl098bbbe0jicdjdm/52926181739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+sell+ticketmaster+tickets+on+stubhubPDF 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_off0000f78a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF78A 16848 bytes
SHA-256: 76de5f357f66ae73c32e7b0cbe45d7b25af1f4cb3137cbdd40c8a12c19b74db1
font_01_sfnt_off0001238c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1238C 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 25d8d5092d935451fd4f2a3eedd487dfd4ece4ed14c367344f8f3a544a2d55bb
font_02_sfnt_off00013d70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1