Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 991030e98975f457…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:01:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7b9940d97f1fe02e29ced95483f9e42f SHA-1: f8abfb54ff716bb18a15acc5b3ddd28603f5a200 SHA-256: 991030e98975f45701091ea437de21524e839efd2094216da6fb72bdeeccaf15
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or other potentially untrusted hosting. The PDF structure and embedded links suggest a phishing or malware distribution lure, aiming to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f4450d00a---tanupena.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://faxik.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62932453766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaydantuongphongkhach.net/images/news/file/83782350515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staractivecollection.com/resimler/site/files/nijetunusirolojanaxoxemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsonplastic.com/uploads/userfiles/file/dikipowivafanugigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dunaweb.co/bg_image/files/joragikaxodabedabafod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c2614271c0724feb83de6d6b4b78f95/40323495913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63bba3b8552871a158c8c606c8b235d2/57702834241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161174ded1fe6c---93393211770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamaconsultores.cl/upload/file/ditajumogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/27414890064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novelinternationalschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45682767007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/dogixamaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ba9e8b8a00---56066881589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st03.it/userfiles/files/puluvewitotanobupojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinanxintiandi.com/userfiles/files/giborakugumarowetixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camelcarpet.org/d/files/limed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1581c57ae889e38aa066571f6f5af67/fawuwujibalepexutebix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letsbelegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bexazotekutujev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/merotogazowuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/bukigis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/nilativumopudujidudagul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medwin.kr/userData/board/file/44814292806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=jpg+to+pdf+portable+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/tudezuzizawuwilikasolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e06b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE06B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f87d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF87D 17300 bytes
SHA-256: f037804558f94b02209fc7013a935f71e2b4b1daa15345520e504bd1fd2f0a64
font_02_sfnt_off00012532.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12532 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 152a9f04499eb5dd8e8179c306c8f4905367fbfc4fafc026dc383746bd440ae3