Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84718fd36474fa3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.6 KB Created: 2021-08-04 12:17:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0795621bcc59b4d5d5d2899af76e2a28 SHA-1: 6fd8899e3ed28482b3cb54bcaec3d255ec9cdfc1 SHA-256: 84718fd36474fa3ba047833e37f7e5ee4198fdb8ad932662d3ad8aa9edf145e2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and a link farm structure points towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/89346522077.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/55081581841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6na7bof759u2o4t9ss8i7lpl0/kojarewewivifapubulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v42j7g56rfie5k91vv9ceb5eoo/57178604595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mrcn1v8vm1q6kdh1b6snn7bras/nagalotixukib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/37809817819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotte-ppta.com/beta/assets/file/14451022165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b953d8c1645---doxusabusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868fd168d02---46852863948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsclinic.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/voxavoduwola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eaf0c012b1---wuxelegogudewodobufodop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linoforti.it/file/9024583450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160896a95b7e65---72196678778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehreganimaging.ir/images/upload/files/fotapotosuxamekavevipibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalton-english.com/userfiles/file/66340589152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff4940061f---juregagegivet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/35121360056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexusinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/zeximumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ihi8048t7vbta6esaf9p1jnj7p/tefakijakexagali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocreta.com/userfiles/files/49257479954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyanko.com/userfiles/file///bolapubut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c96632b547b871989d1d7f64150dc946/demivijoremagexuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cdd3111414---71161012603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jqt315lm8263h8f2apcbirnp9u/ginuguwofade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=simbolos+diagrama+de+flujo+iso+9000PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012d0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D0B 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae
font_01_sfnt_off00014316.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14316 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015b2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B2D 11228 bytes
SHA-256: 491961892245f5b573c3a55a77fee06e26562036e49a80fff3c16303ef3989bc
font_03_sfnt_off00017533.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17533 19160 bytes
SHA-256: 078e082e4e368cebb21df229c0e1fcbcfb53cfe3ad4c4405e64511afdff05eb2