Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 755f31f6c2071845…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-07-15 18:09:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 13262c9b99f6870556438271c4a993b8 SHA-1: fb10fd0db896e30091c78f0e5cd0531bb63f58a7 SHA-256: 755f31f6c20718457ff8acf0f99906206ed6ef0065d4ef8e882bfd965bb320ac
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded URLs are likely used to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sun+and+gravity PDF link annotation
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca5771e8eeb---rasifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b77079bf7b---54091001570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e06da85cf95103522beeddd8eceac502/toxofivedagegudomemobik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087355e60256---risomepine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/691ff6b7c9c4e5dcde08b98420433644/31070622049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911daa03af3---bisatumeradigej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1da41aacac0874428f3ff4795ed6b5a/81275832303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b87305d1d33---97176165218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/sexeluva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rustproofingottawa.com/userfiles/file/sokamuxovikufunax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipllaser.in/uploads/rusipulufepilokiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delcinfo.ru/img/files/files/44102160960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609919ba575a3---kitux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc3e14c1c4---21278220123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b32d3fe1721---vanivukulopado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c308d861017---69104628126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d641891061e---53290765908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/73069747296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/badufatevuvalax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/25032455019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanshost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/70468213512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9010c906e---jubumuwefefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3b39d2fb6---zeduramikodom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efnnma.org/files/file/95289806102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bbfe242ae8---47988920479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/28789084157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16a7d34181322750e2814bf43aa27563/80610740105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7b1a890d361c37aa8ef94eb51ee394c/kemasafuxuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001016d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1016D 10312 bytes
SHA-256: 3e44f8217530e3ee4c721fc44e15725f463352d47f544265b3149afd03c31e06
font_01_sfnt_off00011896.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11896 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130A8 17188 bytes
SHA-256: 92815c46f9d9829b0b5bf5a826b31cae2cad4eba48c4d637c5679fa75a84238f