Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 755235080e67eff4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:51:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 6459031307da57b3ae67f4922041b2f1 SHA-1: 0149e6375d6c1f1788b232f6a6368cb7b23a9688 SHA-256: 755235080e67eff4c68ccda36a3a02815c66f0b1ca1cd78609b1988b1a99135e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing campaign aiming to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c394c2d4b58---wivorokup.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/vepoxoxowozubatixexega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/bimut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8bb12cd25---47523785283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021052120432832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenenergy.com/sites/default/files/file/lexedomanepewinopopowude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12a470d84c4e62c7d415b26743dc67ec/xupemozekimikuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f836f9e02af1187d0038a0441403a2f1/piximobaputugebupajufufef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munsusa.org/userfiles/file/20210606220604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a3ecc2207---11220127637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84257689af83a42aeaa9352d76fc49dc/31944520783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39ism39pdn0t11hio8hdgl1uvq/xumotipov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a837a1b936b7df6cee135279ed0c4390/pebunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b813f57f2e---28072092041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-3/20210503215020528031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carrieres-pierre.com/userfiles/file/narez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monocroma.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/353aa8a68966ef7143abc959db1f458d/wejetapita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f028ff8beee23b889a04866193e577b/rukotek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d2b304dc76d9b1bf74bf3bca64b9ca2/novemumusudil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5a57e4c0df60539d95844aeb64e8a7d/notuzefubivaniluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crackershrimp.com/file_media/file_image/file/52765675734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h83vh76pjpjmtba0t0cc0469fj/54075051380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/67506349019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/benapujumewuwuwefaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609618ca7ac5d---pumivarorilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f720685843555179cfa7dac84c63cc1/16238319072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=style+guide+free+templatePDF 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_off0000eb0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010323.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10323 10740 bytes
SHA-256: ab0fbda8a620308f155bf8db573e2d1e707e88260813a65adc93c12bac55a8ff
font_02_sfnt_off00011bac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BAC 16936 bytes
SHA-256: 85090ccdca5006ade635d18ca26c3757aaa46e19832ed0d9ffd9586308c848a1