Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 780524a04feb6bb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:16:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 1a44c6e9d1a22a1ccb0d585639fb36e6 SHA-1: 4afee165835843e92cf948223e5cb34257a80d69 SHA-256: 780524a04feb6bb3003fdd19e30f3f0e0c1abf605f3755337b0d697373c2b943
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and other domains. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external resources, which is a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dermatite+de+contato+alergica+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1f54f26f4---57944733364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790ee5d4984---wuzaxujekila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limitlessillusion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de88ef8c09dcc0f52b09495877ff9ce7/nuwijemodavedij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf1802fd3cc8ef1e8fc9c92e6b3d8356/woremosebevobujad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaifilmind.com/UserFiles/file/51531573630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jokilaaksonratsastajat.fi/file/kidowimilunorumelugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feriaalainversa.com/uploaded/files/jotate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607b3fdff0d15---15218555055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5f12c4565---ronomumojuwakinas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/80176638003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cffd6cbcb0---vawebijulewutefaxogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a00b939c8965944f93eb164af7ff52cc/venowudurobikedobasosekon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b12e5446350---liluxilagisebifubufavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltanimalpark.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8d90959339a73d3457ce00b4d16a76f/34564519058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thai-airpark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11635996256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ljgbmfcqji950olnna8tmfb7k/nozujib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24cars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14969515634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3ptl440v9funr9209kvt4gjka/24968656638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac3c2e737c9---79837750306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartvoicecom.com/userfiles/39792970215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/72374371780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728cf669897---nixil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/megas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pu4lvsam3efikjcogd21dj7qgj/67823745650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/avg0gh0k1kffi2sbpd86ent914/ruwanewido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f97f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF97F 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 7eaa5abf10a4dcbd8992d9d335441d4d5208d64e4ddd5254ce3b6ce438a6cc7c
font_01_sfnt_off0001121e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1121E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A30 19664 bytes
SHA-256: f19e4c19e68ba918ee1d683b6e84a3b391c468e685cf5327c36eed74335dd401