Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 976f670c5512349d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.2 KB Created: 2021-07-22 05:04:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: d8a9782950e27c50b2a47b95aa67d4a7 SHA-1: 96c582f49c9ec45ad1edecd6bf022a163945ac67 SHA-256: 976f670c5512349d5b6229b3ccbdb612ad592168427e8946e7b120ec1f220964
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9842

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 http://optykglowacki.pl/obrazki/files/42051988921.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6dc4012772---legikemap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a58e92a22b---37571116194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2d7010c697546f707d73bd0b8e5b984/22833526874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b99b8f3551---jujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608545f7f2dd0---62545188121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210719233610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huron81reunion.com/clients/f/fe/feec28e48c841af8be4ad6373737a022/File/24130255649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607058d1ca3cb---wadomonetuvipufetumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kenkochaya.com/user_data/ckfinder/files/besijekujosinite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/68975273354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelihome.ru/upload_picture/gokogesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5e97c18a0e---53133279005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202106/files/20210604215710296897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e91sr4m14j4n4m4pp72krcuto0/novozoragapoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/47929536679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098337747ee4---80897498116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dc5a506e8876469b76b2f6c89fb60c9/vodomipolosuxifideg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101eyewear.com/luutru/files/19600680300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc2a034646---38765916343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7k8b94d4l9n62klq5o78vfq515/69134155063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crocepadrekolbe.it/userfiles/files/25034415450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/47200737807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/99025703921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketdoanbus.com/webroot/img/files/kufutexasipav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=perfectly+elastic+demand+example+productsPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00014c06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C06 18816 bytes
SHA-256: 592e0748f9abb3a3b811d1c23e9dd29f97f0836177f43af0b580c0b38f38d0b7
font_01_sfnt_off00017e4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17E4D 16168 bytes
SHA-256: 1cfb00680a8a18ef5d5af493cc5b57cfe410abeba37087ee2ecd799c98b61e68
font_02_sfnt_off000193e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x193E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001ac00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AC00 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 75eede90b57077dde74e33a5e066ade80b1dd5a05b6c4df64e39fa9015d9c222