Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83fe94091b5913b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:07:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d0dedc077b06c6156e0600840037ce1d SHA-1: 00bc66357a9d6136db94bf5637efc5d098599888 SHA-256: 83fe94091b5913b41b7230eb06e69cf806b54cd9b4ab17f9964a00cd26ead877
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating a high probability of maliciousness. The file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of these compromised links and the overall structure strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9895

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://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609474d6544c2---75477160436.pdf
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acfffb16f66---15202585335.pdf
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084cca340593---wonaz.pdf
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072628fc2239---88121784528.pdf
    • http://avision-italia.com/userfiles/files/52140234837.pdf
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41qrfl2hqjvptv1ugjod7vcs4i/99583857538.pdf
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d19964819---vibosilediditujelan.pdf
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41e5b8dc7f---segipizolelitesavufanavit.pdf
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f04b5e9c4---77107361757.pdf
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2363328b3d1b75aaf03e00da280a0424/396382145.pdf
    • http://tasteofruraleurope.eu/upload/File/45819790441.pdf
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdc8c84d2c939688279d41455907613c/56170510657.pdf
    • http://hydrogears.com/survey/userfiles/files/4971971384.pdf
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/965rlspav9b3tgqboip5gc83k4/38237151202.pdf
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2g259p1bnd4l21tdvoh73l90mj/kimoruwemilojavejagol.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ut7qltekl8gpee8034o4qns3ac/18140881725.pdf
    • http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/86107773942.pdf
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/19531265981.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9263dce4f---ledugiw.pdf
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a45bc2e3273---mipeme.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082edea27ee8---61857027510.pdf
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/sezogimepezo.pdf
    • https://ckmandarin.com/uploads/61298796540.pdf
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/74539980427.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=it+would+be+nice
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fc01d60d8d202d078332e0e4335c029/80888585273.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e175.bin
1a367aee5654d456519f296f674b46fbbfb604e89e6f45e90c8287c4333e5102
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE175 22044 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012186.bin
db4ba96521f224168c87716bf2147dd7f6a7d8926c22dd037a72add38bf33607
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12186 10212 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001388c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1388C 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001509e.bin
b8b453848843c8527f6b0788d12265d92bffc9da89b3343913629c0a79a3df78
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1509E 18152 bytes