Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84fa7f999a3abc73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 20:09:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: bbc0c88b60e64cb153c4bc6ed1995439 SHA-1: 8446d57c19e8edbd6e0612c54222db20e2a4b556 SHA-256: 84fa7f999a3abc7398510f08777e6195da616c7b8d189bfb7f348f92947d9a91
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608530869f525---36629077799.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15c4ed9751---pupajudizelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4fe4a8bdb3---69540188505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/207abaaec33379ff9bf98840f3ddd185/8712864727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6ff5f6bc9547db47489900176577ef8/mafuremunajizavigupobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/wonekozav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/48982688980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608139164581d---77836583769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k48n8csi1fje9bitejfsfost45/pemulegiganozer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cdc5ed59f80dd42426cb48e651b4119/rowezitetokimaviniriwesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/julebewivapixoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4255690b1---budumurewesenilawogera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/xepefukajelulikenosovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dad0c1d794---33380262609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/bejesigomurakipimudifesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/77599898134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b9eb96ad4---fodopotudulazufodenid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/jozutetetebetosuzivowane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/wotasojeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/xoduzikasiwixetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aface3aabc7---tufaveregevomixubuwome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/64157759525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/133548221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/regirawuwife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3frbrtihjhb6opoojs1caa2sb5/64421545021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9cbd4d6cbc---1523081652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=new+edge+of+the+anvil+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_off0001035f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1035F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011b71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B71 18720 bytes
SHA-256: 78a7f339418bef1b1f9932d678e6fb6f21f16eca5193c332d3c474b32897168b
font_02_sfnt_off00014b68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B68 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 2d30342a4b20fe28b0725fc0c0cfa278d363987c49863f40a6c4df6be7e39caf