Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b720b7844e8b7ad7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-07-03 16:50:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a0278a3d8aa52a29e3aa39094846ae29 SHA-1: 32f691eed780531e25218a85937fd42aa6a3e7b4 SHA-256: b720b7844e8b7ad74d669c3de3f99f8bff4e92c3e8df3db60466cdb57dcc8511
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 CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable binary data.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4t3qqenidbg4pvhtchq0msrpm1/60944053836.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/duvagogimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a855aa9b66d---89884557888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/232fc93a807036a615b121f0ef183a47/90151023525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feee1e889fe4043bf6205d65ccbec342/25479954116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/bufutexobinusabeteto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficimm.fr/userfiles/files/wozusudaxegabol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/bipejijijuwokalanalowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e15c3639b---31539626775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc9ad952db---puzipikijadararusas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5jlmm44n3548s6gmsv2sl9p1g3/44154204036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oo1gmknj57bdf9lcj9m7qbcmj4/66960612501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/15533351590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcdf4e35b15---51112708107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/pokesagijaserexetiborovow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c494c09540c---meranabopar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikuseikyokai.jp/ckmedia//files/87937628402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/59560681773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f82132f23c7418b98dca40c4b2c01401/fedadurezosokojake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095cee8c2d06---lugis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/751hi749t7b9mpp7ms0nvihqt0/43647452761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe744d9c87---kefigodufizofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/tikumabarunel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a21bed5da04---75933130709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a108103601e---42551727117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+therapy+for+autismPDF 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_off0000fe0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE0E 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 7dc428838817b8005b1cc6d53d669dfd6a3aef7a825ee0e5f184bbbb065ff837
font_01_sfnt_off00011685.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11685 16960 bytes
SHA-256: b99afd71e0f4690652d8c0dd46b5c52e9fedee9368714634b30bac9758e1e5cb
font_02_sfnt_off0001427b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1427B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1