Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 764fa0be44336d37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 03:41:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f26c2ad168d150022a97607162c0d07b SHA-1: 8a012810807c3f03ca84696f70edd4829f68c196 SHA-256: 764fa0be44336d3741c6b6b484868eb3275013bdcb113b42de5ea3c7d377e38b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure suggest it's intended to lead users to malicious sites, likely as part of a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9746

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://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba95c5204ec---86531642961.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740cafadd69---rinevazevuxozalewasulir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/67091979471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab5538e1f7---4954594913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfa6380956---34434529720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081276a5d938---zosolazudiburelamera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd72154654---18138198067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607122265a69f---64957750284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e2983b76f---fagogipuluxapezikutig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/binisetufumajuramuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/575bb1703f362be49b7069451e38e5ce/76371343682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raczcsalad.hu/files/redajoxulibojoviva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cc9c81c08---pimuneralebuzebuvisudero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64b3dc0cdc8fcc820f572043cb22437d/97409368757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ace87355d---63838307060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbbbb8257d4---56984101870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0349fb97fd---182513790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8d3dc9035---42320907713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0be530fd7559db0ef80bcb11b017212/57737636391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb5b9c3f734---13226757364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/78409755383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdf1808e44---91043473633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d62moe54o2s6hju0o63l502q3r/47169383543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=barbie+in+the+charm+school+full+movie+in+englishPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off000147a6.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x147A6 20896 bytes
SHA-256: cf99491bf794aa0daf9281b2964acbd17c2a49733354accf146d5e630d5b3b04
font_00_sfnt_off0001050a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1050A 25540 bytes
SHA-256: 32640763f623e59440d6bddd070abc0a43fcf5037900626bf1544a0fe3933bcc
font_02_sfnt_off00016beb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000183f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x183F8 4292 bytes
SHA-256: 5c9b21138b03c5e2f590d2ba7f80b3ffd5e677548bcc97af5d69588f086a4450
font_04_sfnt_off0001948f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1948F 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 81f90c8ecc94ae0f4ba666228ddc570a061f5e4ad260034e8c372416b6fafaac