Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 773cd2a084e7d9ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-08-01 13:48:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 37d1a64fcafb9f849fbcc0a7f8f82896 SHA-1: cf2af346908172a218e33815bea78ad8f7472b39 SHA-256: 773cd2a084e7d9ef608112051af66138bda66c41674052346393bbf396981ce4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to lure victims to external sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b9743c4fa---gatozewu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dineflon.com//files/kedabefawusipuluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemail.com/userfiles/file/162354274023917656083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.es/d/files/72687952523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096854d3e7cc---85456630267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/848e73d2e8b32b6c66f92ea1012c4f72/devaburiputaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec436aa60ed---mewawosokes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff94dab53b93c2fc4a727d0a53333e90/zaguxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45ef8afc92d619c02d54dc05d40a5ef0/kuzepimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjamsul-hidajat.id/ck_uploads/uploads/files/47743371023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cooperclassof1970.com/clients/9656/File/xujukovagajuzixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents//files/14778465486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a7971b493---jesijozixixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7s13gjkdrhrp6c6f8trhshdcp5/57198129809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1310155c473a5fadad78258aed197f4/32238116751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ht6cd431vjpvrishn12si24elj/27651524839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c859913934ca162836df0e55e9280f29/54851344918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/divolizodavuwetiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb4ce708e7---28761770876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/lixuvadofaxogotigewija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210531_B7FBD3E864237AFA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/konumuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/tiwifezekuledovulujamajan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1cff70bde---2738992857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90aa7bb4be6bed46b3e0decd892bcbdb/89088922873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4344bdf835bcf84d40e5337467d9d6e1/rofipularirikowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=problemas+razonados+de+sistemas+de+ecuaciones+lineales+2x2PDF 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_off0000f7d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D7 11056 bytes
SHA-256: baa74724e41d9d06436d7d23a2a8fd013e2cff4a917f344192236761e4b2ca94
font_01_sfnt_off000111a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111A7 18120 bytes
SHA-256: 518c74e86a4053ddb644408e1f273cb6f286579574498286459d2859876d0f6e
font_02_sfnt_off00014039.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14039 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1