Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 755e8a4fd4be1346…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.2 KB Created: 2021-07-17 00:44:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 3cd6e40e32539f462c17d24519b2c436 SHA-1: 52ec161e1b05a151f517cf8bb86b2aacf8c58148 SHA-256: 755e8a4fd4be13464fb92db303040f5010bedf39fa46746621c2167ba6771302
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or appear to be disposable. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ul382d6e3093dtfr3hph8e89e6/zowuvofopenujavikopipo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aradmissions.com/ci/userfiles/files/latixuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giftboxvietthuy.com/upload/ck/files/tafozojurokiruropeferes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korvet-sp.ru/userfiles/file/xogupeguxoluvalozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotinepmuveszeti.hu/kovagoors/uploads/files/32920879474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockhouseschool.com/rockhouse/uploads/files/60902525024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upaspor.com/resimler/files/navuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee75d16476743c46949c6ebbfb0d7aac/77456792512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/lovojixosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f46334313bd1f93aef424f3af08294bb/gawigotale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtreurope.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kojukoripel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/74292700090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lgmnlki981q86gle33e6g4mode/tepowenuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/68296996816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://devcons.org/uploads/userfiles/files/19132057301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e473c4654c---3108500332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/53494012187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7pd3ko0qa0k367ru44nao690vi/vugedigevusixipasotodika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aba04b2804a522a8febc3a020223550/firuxafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099efc322258---dopaxixevixepuniri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e7a0fcd1c833f9653a0832c6f01c2e7/bosoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/et0ap5h3bmusnqjrmfb16vl9rc/galalavururapepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olgapolyakova.com/files/files/28592771490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+become+a+motion+designerPDF 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_off0001180d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1180D 17812 bytes
SHA-256: bb00ca7f41542d33fde875865fdac8d0e71f7e68655445f81cd4ebd03b59f5cf
font_01_sfnt_off000146b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015ec9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EC9 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 8773541a938b0fb48eef4c6c380ff6673e2f0ad34b94fa12c0a6b4109216a0d8