Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8748d912c7684242…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 00:07:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2f001ef7cec587a13d15c65eba9ce3da SHA-1: 7953e8a3097dade30a09487d550afebd9c2cee28 SHA-256: 8748d912c7684242aaa2e8799db275d3d66d08a343c77b71b4a6d0b6f3c06033
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct user-facing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44osnv3uqu1at9189vl4ot20a5/xivupesatosolisizadopos.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/32278512184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/837b5f4cf09896205fbdc6b2f6299ed4/sovavawepoxudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohsclassof70.com/clients/3/31/31ca850ff086a58b81c8700e10a01852/File/84004038694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aabec987bb5---74864939708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-1/20210701012832848975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allg-gyn.ch/userfiles/file/zituwoviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8240c4a5981319aa3a5e4f1244ca0706/56247474550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d55963eb1306d2ae839352b4ed5f27c/pononidunodozefixadumofum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1d8f56617d856b9ad8be227e492d732/2011487850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cvt5hkqpho2uuuau61hf0pis61/sizonagaxugetita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinamex.info/uploads/news_file/zomusot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/25656482749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propertiproperty.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/luwixubabazep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ic5jc8omotmd5toksnceatogg3/78436101505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d278238a1c---67125080910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f41400fb84---jaxuzovuzorixavenabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6c3c05a51---tejogarizagumododofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086af610f5cf---juzorepuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalroomplus.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/69845891551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9l36s2p4rprdrlo306mbhu4s77/43732424738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/ginuxepexutarivuzakeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86564deaf4---30575249681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=railway+quiz+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off00010907.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10907 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 74fe23243408534ae0be36b10dbf315001111336bbffa779694e72ab51e3a797
font_01_sfnt_off000121f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A06 17632 bytes
SHA-256: 3ddd29f3c218f97fc6fe893c9d4624958cdc931dec1de9222246aa23d9773a2e