Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 991b6e784247dcea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 13:22:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b18b8c0f59f9bed9dffd113a517b5ef3 SHA-1: 043b842f80c37724c11dd471f2d60e6770d28b2d SHA-256: 991b6e784247dceac05d9252736d6bc5e61f0748fe83af1253b06a0e60df4667
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests a coordinated effort to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1ti3uihopn37pk24mraij2gpe/pezegexitemanololabe.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/11773585681.pdf
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/risovod.pdf
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4ccc9a673886c26a7d7cad06da8e12d/lujanozelol.pdf
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///sugakowelel.pdf
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad007432c5e---parufomugoroku.pdf
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db1c7ea786a26bcfc05734335bda22a0/titudafo.pdf
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888bbd34956---56935292058.pdf
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/vujisufujetofifuwa.pdf
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67274a2108e03e87bb9b76d82514e8aa/10486703815.pdf
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6b4e2a423681cc647d9654cb23484b1/widezegilemudow.pdf
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2a8f1e44d453affcb417b7f6104c4c7/kupuvadamumazatuz.pdf
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e53f0da9a---72961442093.pdf
    • http://eraucheta.ru/uploads/file/27166987627.pdf
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807963031d9---rapirip.pdf
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c388bc23409b7d495de0709fa5989919/81698255811.pdf
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qdsllrpat24t5p8hdg6ef263b5/54007573927.pdf
    • http://eurolocal.info/sites/default/files/images/file/xekegonogiwow.pdf
    • http://actlogistic.vn/upload/editor/files/gidosezetazikexaxadedama.pdf
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdf430eac638beb2ef3507dbfe4bcdfe/sefoxutid.pdf
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/akj8ltd28b2mbt6ia19s590shv/79412634783.pdf
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a833d292b63---somonotamesabebegujan.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=white+wine+stain+on+wood
    • 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_off0000e597.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE597 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdae.bin
7a6eb7d4dd2b9f241dd6df28083c72aa57e7ec5ffa3150559e88d19c8c50314f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDAE 10276 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000114d4.bin
7c352328c564a484f22e2d6d2b6aa3923e38cd3d64d5ce3a1f8b539b5053a358
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D4 17252 bytes