Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 900945767523c527…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:48:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5837fb195f2e13fbd5acec2cb90c6859 SHA-1: 0e47ea4bcc54ebaec93f3a347242cf5f754d903f SHA-256: 900945767523c5272cea0eb18fa7e4a05a2f40af3c5a1485510c11befd665097
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to phish or deliver further malware. The file's structure as a link farm suggests it's a component of a larger phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://tokstar.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/kiditegefilofamazofeludav.pdf
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rtiails19dq6n7rj39g8hfu0vf/bexakufavobamu.pdf
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d42ee817323---xugalamijexupux.pdf
    • http://ebslang.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/29736428335.pdf
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc66d0f1521c05a64b301a241eb4870d/zetejarifevabufaje.pdf
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aec421ebd2c---zuvemepopolebaxiwixuzeju.pdf
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a5338206a6d33a5662d4c700857f80f/5493419229.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4dc57eeb2a---4748671606.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd357f4163---bogani.pdf
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df29a2b0a5---jafunezopezeleka.pdf
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce52071255f---pamomalan.pdf
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cooa857g9k2psaq4djee50090/7856305445.pdf
    • http://turagent007.ru/userfiles/file/sobuwegijiberov.pdf
    • https://oumkua.com/userfiles/file/71249881050.pdf
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d64bb91e0c1---24458432686.pdf
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/terilolipakexodogulilik.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57d072b803---26373682745.pdf
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qo1qkjaaql7u6a1ca71bgjrtb1/warefumunor.pdf
    • http://victoryelectricalsupply.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53424452247.pdf
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e6477c293e---vomutabolutobipa.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=as+direct+object
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4559ca3d26---67295725372.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eef1.bin
57734d4d7224352faa07bc10f97f1caf8701f08a07cebd2188eec6db59ee0140
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF1 10300 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010637.bin
6678da4807f9c2ddfaced0810a0921b116ac24f280b82ee6dd847ddaeb4dc76e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10637 17584 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000132eb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132EB 16792 bytes