Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 791ee274ec48c589…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 07:18:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 14b57fdd212fba80d9076e4147ec7b11 SHA-1: ff4d8ed124ab6fd8ca58f0b1e56c847bb0a99dd8 SHA-256: 791ee274ec48c5897d05cfef95de2d6a1157f80d7a4b461665bde79b70165e14
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The PDF's structure and embedded links indicate it's likely a lure for phishing or malware distribution, rather than containing exploitable content directly.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/67566089511.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ceed0ac891---nizuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8vh26d467s110kpj479s69e83g/vojigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607335bc23e49---robem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grapevinewinerytrail.com/clients/876125/File/femumowubosugopelopason.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160972c44ae001---mivafebudewotibepalon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbb3933c8c---71003798669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082acb951411---nunokedutoredufizopajek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/wevelesovelidagirerilevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a280347d93---wupalufedibabogiwuluwon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082cf06cf4ba---32833705583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c2b4a0445e9b467e685236cbafd9d17/fuwijefisub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunarfactory.com/userfiles/files/28610280452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cc4ce2235---mimagokaxapekezafav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k23j11hl6c2engqq0tou5c8bt7/retijitekufemixud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xtra360.net/campannas/file/13204536030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0a0dc6cdc---62714334480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb5978fdd9---mivaritesuwaxepuzawizam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1e189f9ce---zajulejiwuvakilisobefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbh8pe704cf6ha4cul3qko1nck/jajuvixovibuwere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72c7b5c3c67ea97ec53772d5fb31e6e3/lezazakuwepovuzevusemaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzlakart.com/files/9338980507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94269b44ef4919dcb822e5c34915f96e/72673861754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089585f061ee---fepimobuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/rubalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+links+in+a+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_off0000c616.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC616 15920 bytes
SHA-256: 0eeb5ccbfb2cbdde2235ee285b49ed0524d93cf53967b6fe62c8a53df21c3a70
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF31 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 1d9f6bec17d43987fead3f7cb5a18f9e94a0436ce0908f7aa1124a66f32e56c1
font_02_sfnt_off000107d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1