Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 764f0c9f0f1c5e93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-07 19:58:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1e6184706fd8a186536d61dca645e720 SHA-1: 4e886555ace8f2426d618776e8dbc0094901574b SHA-256: 764f0c9f0f1c5e93d9e495015688acb2862e7b3a872eb24df659233625ed887d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious document designed to trick users into downloading further stages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160916a2abf003---busuvar.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/todokafamibuwepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/wesujokezol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/sanufarapefowazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cc2fa1602---84443380717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/92822485198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608191967c17f---zepumazarogamab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ieh1sddt1hflp3j75ese9hj5g5/wigolotad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/163518ab61d16a5bdd2141b1f502856d/17974473314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aefb0dd96320d9ed2577598b45a0a4a/nofagidodugigovemabetafow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editions-tlp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27198635301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyundainhapkhau.vn/upload/files/82266677711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indoorclub-informa.com/boletines/img/file/nufamoxilumefovutopaves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cdfa43a069---79374975243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899b529203f---nazeserexopunukakoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ib5vhmv6mctrf4l5gt48l4q033/69928337913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b43e465462595bf8d15b24dafacb2d46/4611476069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61d1cbbac20b637cc175e4e6a117f744/21845319025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7cc131f6c---68741796913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mtmpggshilltmqcphkhegvms3/lulufalenivexagiref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.passion-rnd.com/upfile/files/2021/06/22/xavonuzepebunibarodurumod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68cp7op7v3i7m1h27hjbkrhh78/kitunosomevivake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/76567282934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qytbearing.com/upfile/file/sifazemimitedebukow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=sedation+for+lumbar+puncture+in+adultsPDF 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_off0000f0de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0DE 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 85cdaeb03941e70aa4cabd487b1f9a91e9a43c48d1382148c6c7bf4d977f65ca
font_01_sfnt_off00010a7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001228f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1228F 16692 bytes
SHA-256: 7d77598c93d8197fa3f9e13c53f2cf3b844c88e43001af00b342a98ecf46b8f3