Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 753f2ab734d6492f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-08-19 17:44:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f7d9419b92decef40374a5d3d6df5952 SHA-1: 6c203529152e58ca262eabd93fc9104dfb8ef311 SHA-256: 753f2ab734d6492f042049488f01a4e67572eaf8018f261bb4e6f9e5374163e8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and link farm heuristics, indicating an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to exploit user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca9a783435---fekezevamewobixegise.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artkulinaria.pl/sites/default/files/file/27148987311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.77ice.com/upload/files/pefanonokananodexuvune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3e8243828---89711173259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc63a80ccb---gubojexerudiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehideawayresortpattaya.com/userfiles/files/kanifowamupufevonopisepuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da4542a69d---telud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b5a632ab3bc7a07eae25889cadcff9e/kekima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearspace-design.com/CKEdit/upload/files/94528724915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607054b87c554---4605712277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizergranulatorprice.com/d/files/82566590535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bennett-legal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dotizaruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b67b6659df---tufibamewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixifugimepewosusidula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pefefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tensoinox.com/userfiles/files/60380507268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingenermarket.ru/userfiles/50467231865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/57497017209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c057971499083d6a80c88a996eb2bd2b/vumovadodixumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62682840731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa15aac041c---64252972820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5obfan5o7djaqhlvtophc53i6/nilejotezupezewavuseba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02f610257240d7d4defc79658bdc071b/10126688989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=livro+de+s%C3%A3o+cipriano+o+grande+grim%C3%B3rio+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_off0000f4a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A9 20928 bytes
SHA-256: a9e7a56f3811aca0af75ec536b8134c96aca4678a325da69d989dfd7a3f79dff
font_01_sfnt_off000126f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126F2 11244 bytes
SHA-256: c4742f633d94f47e8f101a480c3e55b5d2d34b1e644583b46916400d7462efc0
font_02_sfnt_off00014070.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14070 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1