Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad7742d3a0444d38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-08-12 01:32:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 99372575480fe3eafdc781e014b5d620 SHA-1: 270697b0ce1da2545879b50f5844d6a76c5149bb SHA-256: ad7742d3a0444d388fbfc0e30fe9156adfde59e7fa739497f517834e65ff1ec8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The primary goal appears to be directing users to malicious websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/06/07/file/20210607_132014_133.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876d624b57f---fureraponifepososeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fad17ff39d5---kokazojif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/riwewewor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/zudevomavokegivonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nilawowubafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udmvdpo.ru/images/files/dapobawumegodufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160f8338ee3eed---pasujef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/levibeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksusu.com/upload/files/nixowomobebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kspah04isetcvu452fv0ugrh4t/70123057444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masukpt1.com/contents//files/sasakufojurike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shahnawazonline.com/uploads/files/togazawizigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d091c7d9d0---fatamibinatowivigepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peetersinstallatietechniek.nl/upload/files/63229152349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610fb0c2194c4---gurakufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa2ef6350fdf98b33c3b1a76d9937a22/muzakofedanodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alula.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de4d31b71e58ff84543615b480ff7c9e/17761314329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilandgaswork.com/userfiles/file/60286540745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retrofotr.cz/files/file/mikedewowuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahkay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/baruvonenaxupaxobas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c21690d17c7---95074526651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081496ad26d6---82279866839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/67003684349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrocare.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/berivokik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aeap.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25647428350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=transformation+reflection+rotation+translation+dilation+worksheetPDF 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_off0000ca1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA1C 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 15f7a81bfd9959b9e471cf311c7c12fc03696bffa67d85f69ff996e6952a81a9
font_01_sfnt_off0000e326.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE326 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB38 15560 bytes
SHA-256: 403685f423f392e8fb11c6400b3cac4a77753107b4a2f6cbd57d70f2630fa47d