Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 960304d6a3a39454…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-15 17:01:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e0bb3a37112c25c309088c1d2a835be1 SHA-1: 06d75a9a8628175b141c2a6220d765022cae378a SHA-256: 960304d6a3a39454da1e8be2c9ab6bb26344ce2337942e8869a50c0b3c822415
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The file contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of numerous distinct hosts and a high number of links per host indicates a coordinated effort to obscure the true destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607295acb2d94---59904720721.pdf
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/11826602945.pdf
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e7b88b589---85688647073.pdf
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7c32646d72---7381404335.pdf
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lerar.pdf
    • http://bookblog.kr/data/file//files/2411754478.pdf
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfc79007a2cf7323d6f1937b8caa4620/renokinow.pdf
    • https://mannerfeltdesignteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61916420426.pdf
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/275l9ieqe81c4a65omeua5nfd2/60965088163.pdf
    • http://robertsrucker.com/clients/7/7f/7f5ecd1287ec2152c36a7dc1808edcbf/File/zogopubagumerijo.pdf
    • http://kubabus.cz/novy-web/upload/file/wobuw.pdf
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1853047f2f---85862409152.pdf
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15b545235b---rabupekepegisejiri.pdf
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dgg6r4urnsqmluskq46412jro7/powokabirikodunemawudo.pdf
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c143505ffdcf22148b8f9c916540613/detenujabipinewok.pdf
    • http://clubchic.lv/c/i/files/lidemekesepidazut.pdf
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc4e39e96980d8524711a95197051e65/12185839176.pdf
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748f7b94996---wevipog.pdf
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085eedbebaef---velufuwevumewasililewog.pdf
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/rufumugup.pdf
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//5257573135.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d485da32f---pakamedujibejilit.pdf
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c40ae3310b---numobegeli.pdf
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/25122901998.pdf
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3vr5ev4j7278a56r3bktrss1ma/nepaxogozanimopa.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=episcopal+prayers+for+the+sick+and+dying
    • 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_off0000ea15.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA15 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001022c.bin
2796535816dc80e5befea0fbd841d4e7ea5e14c4659335c0e583f4b009bc3342
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1022C 11088 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011bc4.bin
41a4b8dbe7fb452d88f689bdda5e3419bd2543c76adb06f849d38d1d0e962723
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC4 16308 bytes