Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 883dd6ba5deaf889…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:55:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: afc761b66a172a5e138abc29560d449e SHA-1: 03d5ea22388cf63941beecf802add98946bcd87b SHA-256: 883dd6ba5deaf889c67d21c8190b3988fa0f8cf83bae6a854a5125c920c7e204
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF employs an image-based lure, presenting a screenshot to conceal clickable links. These links predominantly point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v8tq1r4rmk4so872d1a58aokg7/gewamurisososiga.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hiroyoung.com/data/files/tiwokobajukoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/38392653663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vs3gu0d633ltmanct7cfefgep0/52121093428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efdba5ac10---fogutonomolijetitoboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a991f6888a2---43363737118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079131050182---vefodofube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.tw/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210709_472A4F34B8C8CB42.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynxitservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lezolekakebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lctrading-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76855008615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3e0d1c2865---mukisomejezakani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7839c3b9ec5a64be0b62fe71834615c5/wexexawukirasesumuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609890d74600e---94498733816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609055c844e4e---98819177746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bruisedreedfoundation.org/clients/4/4d/4d9d7eec3bf3a09fa0457ace138f6a4e/File/42788688676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sc46lgc8j0uf7eu28tikbccai7/91128341234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszrendeles.hu/files/files/doziburil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rydelko.pl/userfiles/file/gafeliziga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rococosofa.com/files/files/16905596813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esz.jp/img/editor/files/rewikafujadigideguzob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160956f81755b0---nabugabojam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/77911993634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jlgardner.org/home/jlg/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85244934329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springhs1988.com/clients/a/a7/a70db2535ed58991dd9724faf9b165d0/File/devukig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=500+feet+to+yardsPDF 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_off0000b424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB424 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC36 14180 bytes
SHA-256: 892dcec6586b7d3846376af68413d04e5a1237f395eb57571331e324b18bba13
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF9C 10376 bytes
SHA-256: 753217824cc7a0813ae7c418bec4ff64da21649c09372ba578ea93358c4dd0b8