Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75c0ec5ab0ded96e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:30:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5e511c4e38660f392e9cc6647e548722 SHA-1: b993477acca04f03b18ca75ddac7c90482ae77e0 SHA-256: 75c0ec5ab0ded96eec18af45a7043e91197fccded8c9a44a95282242d69b2a3e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the heuristic findings are sufficient to assess the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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 https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c80f5458e2e3346aed6ba09a559135d0/kefoxumositelavolu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce2f0d1570c---laruzuranademisuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://probeg2000.ru/files/userfiles/files/vufaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remont-bez-zabot.ru/files/file/likesowazobawisuxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-eu.sk/upload/files/baxekopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d0af9b3aed---65660782219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a8c49bf56---pawipipebomebuvik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krukaiart.com/userfiles/files/xifinorekez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/76501575479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4463d530a7---20713578643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cae78f20e2d---92470898680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6piotvo3tacuinih2g2ugnfeb9/50080602800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/9168707670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dj-maily.com/uploads/pages/files/nenolexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/balavatakisebonixelew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nocnepal.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zifixekekobomerifaxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-freight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16299688717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848cab0b0e8---detusegobevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/ralugigegago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0allrcv1ggae495vnabpelcvhm/zosijifalave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b54ba67f8a286d736533af735b57945/96265200790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myboydfamily.com/clients/7/7f/7f513a2250c12de81a70a6735749c289/File/84801832145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=explain+pulmonary+and+systemic+circulationPDF 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_off0000d6bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eecf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEECF 16844 bytes
SHA-256: b12bae29545f7a188b08ea5ed9426be41c3b9e39ce6d8073619732de8b91e635
font_02_sfnt_off00011a34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A34 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 953954fd72179eb40f698288b40271b8b734fac8a4f92ef9249af34d9dd89b52