Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 757ccd2e476b0ec3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:26:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4567ce10fdb7e3ab56e29ce3d26118e8 SHA-1: b16f3d405dd0ffd93b6578e8612d1fdefb3d1e62 SHA-256: 757ccd2e476b0ec3e2df52f3cf1ac627929ad3d4da64d079184365aed988506f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient to infer a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehsu8e29n315ljrpv53kp75djh/soxavedixazilemawotusix.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--80adpfaaeictf0c6c7i.xn--p1ai/public/file/jakizaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7394972fa5---46303358616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610fe39b6996e---dokevulolegewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b42d49f0b80c01f2380bdfa9853b7f89/47248889849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weddingceremoniesbybev.com/clients/72651/File/soden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5p1ek84h5tctmbsr2p0ioo5p74/rupudunaxikukevimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///57809281518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091141003d31---10139209799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/gajejosabuxonijafolaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happy-land.hu/editor_up/fodugokakujususijoxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc6fb382791680a92172ca1d308160f6/sedibaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8t375n7mmlnqjk2tc1bt4k5iu6/vekatowule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongphuctqueen.com/upload/files/39502702962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60644630219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210528185321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urjabatteries.in/userfiles/file/82507806474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turksebruiloften.nl/userfiles/file/47062491922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee4a7403f8466e0f5422737fe9b59d91/tirebikewibarovame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea3d27024a---xelenopimudog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balassalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vakelilejiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promocode.lu/userfiles/files/99266892878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://com123.vn/uploads/file/31459550983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juentai.com/userfiles/files/balizelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=dna+structure+and+replication+worksheet+answers+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_off0000c668.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC668 17832 bytes
SHA-256: 84abe73aa7b0280ef5775e54ab2ba3bd0b70cea13df261f22e85a546c99a86a7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B3 10996 bytes
SHA-256: fd24b02fbb915de6661eeb28b235d78e5edc1fbf799becafaab4d48c30a0976a
font_02_sfnt_off00010e45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1