Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 791af1991bd8ac19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 08:32:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8d95c7f7f91f0177b50edfbeb0580f55 SHA-1: 9e94f5f15ba69a9969a47bc2435238dd458557ad SHA-256: 791af1991bd8ac19935a548fd80ac7d7c5c8ab097d628c3eccc09e7cc0961fc6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to direct users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc92d3cf3d---kilis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bc95d65c3e---lanelokuzazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f39187c06---zutelokipiliveviwow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788d5f95c46---10658966083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvhs1964.com/clients/2/20/2030ff4f331b14c2016b95997514b7ac/File/32019255807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/212ab5a09ff10599e71fac4efbdb0ccf/84946079423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijasprojekts.lv/files/file/17736498208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/42181666187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pranabkumar.com/fckimages/file/gatusimiroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6f8d37686---10922579616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spokoino.ru/i/upload/files/xiwufajasokisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.net/upfiles/2108261244351485632rmj10.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benedictinoselrosal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kobalexonedujolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/984b35ace78aae00019945b9675cb05e/favofaferejiviwopopisoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nemap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/63901209882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galerieportelouise.be/userfiles/files/gujarokosopirazonaleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61640a4aec---99052357224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resumesfromabove.com/userfiles/file/69599405340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7faf7a13548a0367c1cd4893eac3249/zulajapotuxusoxevajevopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/sejufow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca0e26c6751---67851682825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4glkbe7cnu0it6coe7hsl79si7/sadazotunulizuwage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/219019775119280e3c41e0088821b314/13834302832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115c2472f627---35901273959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=automata+computability+and+complexity+theory+and+applications+elaine+rich+pdfPDF 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_off0000e994.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE994 18248 bytes
SHA-256: 1e260e4b59ba950c098656e5a4117e60aabd1cc31421f178c86bf4a90f93d698
font_01_sfnt_off000118ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118EA 11324 bytes
SHA-256: a1dcd7e88535116f2162b8d681a31be79113c16dbdb77e80d61ba0c328b315d3
font_02_sfnt_off00013334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13334 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1