Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 763267daf815b82d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:31:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 80015addc2d00039dcc6d43db9dc5937 SHA-1: ac8303cc8a5c5dabfcfe0cc1e063ac4b9970b195 SHA-256: 763267daf815b82d68eaaba0d53671f64610e1b4ed23acd3636facebfd838843
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9968f43da8bc4accdfc7d4ccc1b19b8/66746304506.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d59c85ea3---255499666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shidoremicrosys.com/media/84884258655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arablift.net/userfiles/file/jigobeliwogulavidikuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1brh292ko4acr6likcv71asuf1/19431520571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/sotagomujupofededupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de561da7822074ceb5aacf8748db6ee5/koluwato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drairtools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76241774576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/77848864439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/xotubegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace66ac93f1---suwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bafa37add145559d72f1fb8ce257a827/27632140255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://red-adlay.com/upload/files/70938462491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad6cb91ca1f0bdc91e89b19323a5c964/53145808218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c831bfaa0bd714b702a07d7bf273f839/43199625503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d8c725be7---vupupobutaledexowosijev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3cda2070a5434b8a10d0d50391dc39d/32867236349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c11c52b5d2df74cf7693b1bd854a509c/tefonugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad335021d08---19957132137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackyrouxmethode.com/userfiles/file/71993219609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65eee9599513b0c6c44278fd542f4462/90338141908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0a4e117725---92170175810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/19495357553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28ff92ab97---74946766408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5m4huolq133upqj5bpdvbr90tc/lofidojufiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96181910d92e62a9a4255154c4130083/4883243410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=the+power+within+druidPDF 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_off0001073b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1073B 17432 bytes
SHA-256: cd59a0e23aa9b10ce79606401643460c587cacbe19ae1d565739c632cbe3fcf6
font_01_sfnt_off000134ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134EC 10264 bytes
SHA-256: d9d885423d7c000f8d02626a7b0b775bee9b198ab3f96bae4ebb2e8ab1ba46a2
font_02_sfnt_off00014bf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1