Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 757622e79bbac415…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-08-27 14:35:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b6efc20ddc4e9a315eac5167e9b22940 SHA-1: 03ba2e529686d155b0f695763b6ebedc37391b07 SHA-256: 757622e79bbac415467ca4f71b7a983415ebf359646e4d741bb41aabfea7a8fb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which are identified as compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware sites. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a link farm designed for obfuscation and evasion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9876

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://vswet.ru/f/34361675403.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pefilafuxurik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/25650983552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd69f47fd7---44777491844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eeb1eec5439199c9b7ce06f11d958fd/86489777680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r1he566g2kchbhq8dmgbuqhdae/vewotisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palaciodelosnavas.com/userfiles/file/86761137923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.nu/upload/63044701692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/nipegokewigozosete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/gulanitipademopuvegexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shahnawazonline.com/uploads/files/paviralugofoxetoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tafgambiatours.com/userfiles/file/vemiponifoxafabolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/469a405852ea1996aa7d461eb96ba73d/26547905294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fbf894cb8---bubelagab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c18043a1d8e7a0a64c8ec56a017edf2/78787689223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/50452897243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texasstatealphaxialumnae.com/clients/f/fe/fe72632f573fdc77cca6b85875c63e8a/File/48660663013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e7731ef4e---27242679542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromatographvials.com/d/files/dozelabibexofore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahispesinde.com/gnc/veri/_files/kikusepisejevugizad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be3214130f---fotagojutumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susanjeske.com/clients/82887/File/83714114843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d2d194d3486853c1bdbf83266d93629/laxuzinonofebafezodida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5jaiab3ritv4us2qjnvvelvs30/selametifidavevitejadef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://susanirvine.com/clients/82887/File/xepazij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilatheshow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60116493066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=things+to+see+near+mePDF 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_off00010f3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F3B 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 96074d32ab720b33c241545a240ceae6326786d744065f20909bdd43d10ad589
font_01_sfnt_off00013acc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ACC 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 5f134431e3f6e198145a3850263f795c8231d15838884cf13a35f84cbc1057b2
font_02_sfnt_off0001526c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1526C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1