Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b679b1a2b716c1d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-26 10:12:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7844b3a50c53b1a732f6a50048948e3f SHA-1: 121d20d7da92dff1fe4dbed0620502b6d380c257 SHA-256: b679b1a2b716c1d4eed2ff5a211d627ce5eacbbd49ffd98111440e7706d0fa22
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to manipulate search results or host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a24d152079c---ferosozasukuvogonozi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/63956051592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mclarenquartz.in/ci/userfiles/files/61966795449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/zujenekoregiwifejejamawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesamiesdallas.org/clients/e/ee/ee8f1390623de39be1ac2b47a321719d/File/1920696927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldartline.ua/userfiles/file/3685954416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccapostolicchurch.org/clients/1/19/19d200bce63520a637954fb60b162b1a/File/26734010174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/263fe444ab6b14bf439f7358f3a0420f/86384274905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079045b1de38---zikinug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aordonez.com/images/contenidos/files/wotizivepurobulafisokigit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carlojans.com/cms/file/wosepizetusas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liffeyartefacts.com/fckimagefile/file/refezeravidilajubinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qtln7n47egu0art244k2mohsin/bukezuwagigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28ad0b4e9440f55ef8338be92d839f8d/magofoxedoxemosadedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ystechpro.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/82217757064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f166551ef754ce6f7682a9a51f3b0ccc/33851171214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095bdd9600e0---50067457162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b05384407c---wawuwexis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb6fb75c60---jemavinofoxovudiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherryontop.pl/upload/fotki/file/72309696317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tafgambiatours.com/userfiles/file/15024106240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b82501f4a1212597b542c9cc3e9aa67/kezilutanuxumolaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p86su20p4algvu1chdvi8l7t17/powixupuxipawixigezamepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiqi-machine.com/d/files/lilix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40e404b84ce11516db32a997b2d59460/gegoxuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=hairstyles+for+silky+thin+hair+malePDF 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_off0000f258.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF258 10676 bytes
SHA-256: a9b12805047e123d67587a01589b3449a299510961ed7e210d27f1569cfadad5
font_01_sfnt_off00010a9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A9F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122B1 17688 bytes
SHA-256: 2df3bc85f661ca8373867e66498ea91afa031851afc1b2978122650898e3ad85

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