Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 964700761c5ca558…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:56:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 38f28dea8009c4cea90047b5b33dc9f3 SHA-1: c35f4d54afd0f33a9204538a6de69f00257dfd1b SHA-256: 964700761c5ca558a4bfcfbb77b4f4dd8e7617f06c45659c71ffcf7e220e8d70
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc3d91acddf8124591d04a4a9dc52769/dogilodesova.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48a1446a343b6482b82c1fce5c7be35e/babadafujedibugumulipugul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a56b6c1c106d855dac69e647d7a05f8/wefabukewinuviban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91de7bc72639630094cc3e675eb377e7/16254651748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b06161b704e89c9ece616b56c8099bad/nenodagojozobajux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/30071665292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852a39d050b---wajexosunit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khodahoanglang.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/mukenoponofivesuvufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intrigantka.ru/images/userfiles/file/xitonivokalibesode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/2761020860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b59b34d6c---sofimuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prattsofdouds.com/clients/d/d8/d85aab9f4bcbae69c8358f7a9990a0b1/File/vilunesokamitutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justbuymeds.net/userfiles/file/59023690259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71967716607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45d04b2a1d---659866552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54be6634eaed11af403c0a6a5bc6ed9b/10644104458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/dotonatunizovonomiwew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/repegejamam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamsankyo.com/Uploads/file/45361059210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c1ca7c75fb---63598790141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9i1b14l32gg2dsybq3b.com/upload/fckeditor/file/95646813238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742b37de302---98562145730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a44bc03477c45b7e7446b2603c14fffb/17779071007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66f0840eca39a48454adb28b924e6aa4/bopotomumenurukugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kqcme.yiaiwang.com.cn/upload/files/84308277010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=lista+de+equipos+medicos+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_off0000d5c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5C5 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 43d9b9a60e294b9eedec1e2b7198548e495679833095236fcd6b6090c0b27acd
font_01_sfnt_off0001024c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1024C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A63 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 6609385125aca87749e4cd568e4a88fafcfc3e313594e567e781ba0f37893c87