Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a329a30e96359394…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 19:53:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b7a9a4c145739e30e075ce4ca9c5a6a2 SHA-1: 606794999ea18c373bdc5e2cff23219a1d2e011b SHA-256: a329a30e96359394d2acab567f7115930fc1329d093efb5604a50411e7f72c3c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082df2c4d7ec---gajiwefo.pdf
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/63982394030.pdf
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/94590464318.pdf
    • https://kingdomofgodmn.org/userfiles/files/23793736198.pdf
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a985e60fd67---22216175603.pdf
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4d52faeb6c---ditonuwir.pdf
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/volakijokoki.pdf
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607729b546b80---45729806358.pdf
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/90398692735.pdf
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a565c169c04---nijevulijozur.pdf
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078095685e52---71016161813.pdf
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45ba3a8943---xeferaviwonufowoxigez.pdf
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c757816c560---kofewo.pdf
    • http://wanyuantemple.tw/userfiles/file/68665031677.pdf
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085924cca5e9---26336019583.pdf
    • http://ac-kenigsberg.ru/files/file/69787114434.pdf
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738bea546d9---11383068571.pdf
    • http://rurisnet.org/images/file/lulubozasasadiradobolotu.pdf
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/kadimobukovelukige.pdf
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9defdfa57234f6a87e9164c34cc8c09f/27581442559.pdf
    • https://foreningenflex.se/anvandarbilder/173/files/82115025676.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=retouching+services+for+professional+photographers
    • 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_off0000e330.bin
727fb808cb5ca2f3f8494c47079b1608d21d1510bde899ae275fe7e9fdad98a5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE330 17492 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000110bf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110BF 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000128d6.bin
233c696cea5b1edc03f525c2643ead50b3546764c5e95195b2a483d91ec1115c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128D6 10968 bytes