Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75e3b0fc3d7a1ad6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-09 12:12:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 05ac05f7f6b7878eb069ab570741ddce SHA-1: ac09e7412c74a2cbcf3d06ff1fb460a10fe7d2c6 SHA-256: 75e3b0fc3d7a1ad6f4c370277ac85e2d173f5cc5bb0a8bfd58a9921a83fd71e6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/84537215971.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9139f48803ff4fc3f5bad0ffdb83e1a/deguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ad2ad8ca981d1b537c94a3085536ac2/fepavegagewobotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9afe928dd---wibaguvimeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf071a56f8---pegoxevop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6111f29b4d---94034881800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d79f1ab2b---sabejonukomapoxadij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca08b03b92772d65e6ced116c1a6fc42/saxubinagof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606c695e6e8c4---manapop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/finumokipadujisojizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maxewet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d2f4540b6---rukobiraxivolinelusiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.haztartasigepszakuzlet.hu/pics/file/83195386374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdd7e5833bb80eecac8b59283660096b/bavaliga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fb150d76bb7056fe64b41fc6979484b/zonutuwoluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camel-republic.com/media/userfiles/files/guzinunevuxidaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f04d03a561---resuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b5763760ec23c56df80bf8bc61b826a/nilizupidatafuradujedut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nucamsa.es/userfiles/files/segoxuxozexilenegonobunon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609090de576b4---jokegoliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c88f92723e3---31888715291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17irhbsa9ra6a7e7gg732mtqjn/65950939475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bocion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78161127466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1182su9bnqs8d1ro87526o901/55922022419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=red+dead+rpPDF 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_off0000f0e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0E5 17832 bytes
SHA-256: f1195809c84335677877a3f717a4febc19d442c5bdaf31ca25002ed7d87b2967
font_01_sfnt_off00011fbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000137d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137D1 9804 bytes
SHA-256: e5edfa7a08250c810abbce9f52f12b7102e49344d2254547ab99f09b69e6e71b