Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a65612d21db27803…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 23:59:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 057f2c536ff6364930fc9e78e1b89a21 SHA-1: a88714423fda6e527153613df3ad117e1bf4391b SHA-256: a65612d21db278038433c674734a847844563639f41bd9db7503594c878f99f5
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 upload directories, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports its use in distributing malicious content or leading users to fraudulent sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b57f9d1fb88f01e37a2f6b82173c536f/31338087100.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b15fe6d960---7637883447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/jizafavelowadunasowazog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jirt7hlk1utm984m6tiok77k6u/melikowokabosaxode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a54aaa18fb9---45975804964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c895fb479b2---92635556767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/45470364128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a455277231c---wovunuzakodofew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9bc08841d30529915a2b3558f288968/36664419963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19c4025c35be7c75412e6c6754cd6286/voporizudazusamefudif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4o1cq3ddnt1etiepth4f07ai6k/11181995956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5eaf6870c---84233946121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riondene.ch/img/uploads/file/96466925060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c793e4aa6fc4c30e97f50019697e590d/kitavobumuniwovugoxeweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/68944185594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944d5616e5d---13489751378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2638894cb---82474995873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/lodebojisadejes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53ddb6a4d7---kifaniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8bab2a731---99644043463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1cc8389aab8742a137ac4d15ff77834/43640004388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/xigaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83d385bc260ad8b30416a819b6c8c98b/57961676186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be499f1389f---55007607436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0cf0716515---wiwoxuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=the+art+of+electronics+the+x+chapters+ebookPDF 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_off0000fd02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD02 16956 bytes
SHA-256: e16402bbd967c0730524f5fae66ee8cd5dd79553749620dfdf6cca5006d82a34
font_01_sfnt_off00012935.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12935 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001414c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1414C 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 399422b606e0a0e608f6bf7c4a7aa2b112cbe3faa349a76ccd527503db666c9f