Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 758d43df79e8f030…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-07-15 18:51:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 2dcf07ad41bf00f7e2afe56168749b76 SHA-1: 6a0f9c22c12fe4efd358468c5e101cb333cdfdc4 SHA-256: 758d43df79e8f0305c9f7ef1566f20e818df5663fe3e2ff45bb37a4e6a08e0a6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL findings are sufficient to classify this as a malicious link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=autocad+download+2018+student+version PDF link annotation
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eda2556f8dc2ffe8df0911f349ac9600/letotalajuwuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce6607e3c8---xipowegutuxusewoduwutiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4b044cd61---nezinuzopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/453d99aa8fefe346ec89557f73d36a16/kunowakixozobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724870cadeb---44715304333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a385484f96---zovadezowijoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/90959830966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megatekspb.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/92111419760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/50537411156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5838aa21a2---181413020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/biwamabebavazabarawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gianphoiduyloimodel.com/Images_upload/files/sopadofuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e547c66bdb2b15584128f5bbc057c1e/nisuragakojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/74866208811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f892898bc0---80567280029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/85904740996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae4a2c4e11827099ff7e897b7f6ac27e/mefapegoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moristas.com/userfiles/files/muvosakesupaxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jtubaj86it8nh4csbamqmq0l74/rupoginatumixumopivegoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210618061009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f23b684a2525b28948e46e27cd04724a/94877604600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlondonblvd.com/uploads/files/senunovug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caramelitos.sk/files/1231541675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ebdqsgvnd44p6tt56nchs287m/43726945730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608214e7b9fcf---retagurosigaxelobunodafu.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_off0000e48b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE48B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC9D 17228 bytes
SHA-256: 47180c8de762dd7dd59c27c137a068f45ed0dc27776489e0993bab2955cff07a
font_02_sfnt_off00012a02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A02 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 5f6340c4dbb5d81d71a29ae4bba245524280b0050e296e841c66148dc34f2bf9