Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75a6aad7af931667…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-09 07:08:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d61dc7c7696c0a08d1243a363123c66f SHA-1: 60ef9c38e32da3dcb11028e12d922fce894cd934 SHA-256: 75a6aad7af931667ee55c0cbe116c340e8f8c24f95deb596f9836f41cf91e39c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce9ec72297---zutorives.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ubk-sad.de/azubi/userfiles/files/zumerekidasedetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac15c2d92c7---xipopivujuvujejoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a012fcd2fb3b66627cc87fb3a011b33/tovinoxusegabiperejudoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edae3c55018521d32833b38ed07b21d0/gosulowesibedosojel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf046eba47---85978699137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d51a08bf66d2cc2f697b05802262d1c/jozovesirisufafiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d19a31605---gapotirede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdravi-kromeriz.cz/files/file/39036463034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da7557215715fd9ffe3ef994a3eae64b/55180827981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc98ab2a35---11169303195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b97517afb---javujiguralalidox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750f2003a47---55776622388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raisemoneyonline.org/clients/6/69/691275cf9a36cab982b2498ebdc715be/File/nivobidopupaxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ae6aa7d9a---pigawikusenagoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/njklfiqi6qaih0qphep6mmcrln/gakalomakovesetuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18fe5d79f07d2cff9e7cff3c9853121a/funelezofuzuwovolikenim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/31399886215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicscrm.com/img/files/jisowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6tnc2ce5rc3agh7mp0tj37u8eo/pekulivadisepenebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/wamerokorujabadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7k8b94d4l9n62klq5o78vfq515/69134155063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f32224b399f13cd315bbeb0958b87daa/dokotezekejozerekuvub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///xawiwawavofadesuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c6191fdd6---21520227503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=the+english+patient+ratingPDF 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_off0000f2b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ac8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC8 17716 bytes
SHA-256: 85c3017b2aa20c414bb74f1a52cad7ff9003d0ff1e4a8611c13a4ab4b6d117ae
font_02_sfnt_off000138c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138C5 10376 bytes
SHA-256: f40680e14411483581d4f9246ee0c4415ce6380d622d3c83ba2c1e033c4e3cc1