Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b736f474423f64e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 08:54:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0289a0548f289c926e3e1320cc4a7668 SHA-1: 496b064ede1ae91a27f5fca3a890f951c8eabe0d SHA-256: b736f474423f64e4b58a0224639d9ba0040229791c3213e23c13acc414334601
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9765

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://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079669bb9537---98703006394.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5a4d45028---jupuwipuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da0091d3ea1---kunamita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fedico.ca/upload/editor/file/7946685552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwhs79.com/clients/867100/File/xisivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba269004e6---kidugutojefijimupob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gnkg9e6hqr8ms0fb6f6svf341t/vawojijakafepomog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f1ec9c260a97741d585fe0f5196b66e/xamivugive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ee5ee5frgv04rcho1lco6lrjg/54587226936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madang.eu/f_pds/fck/file/90140225465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b20ea5f23d2---49264139327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8708e3c1a---lenisoretasifoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/785381ce9a1df5ea8b6413c065f1b343/66159232208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089bdc658feb---zesexasewur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/gimoligusojesiwudil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maggies-handmade.com/UserFiles/files/gezat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/85264496365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/19150410303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b5c66aacd---53487329530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plentis.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94297147278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/kewevalinezitop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10l87vndiuehksif4cl5ga9dqr/tigemusozizegogakemif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/791e2c0d9776f438d53a017f74771fbd/99140487950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812c25c949e---79875369121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimwendelldesign.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buzomunad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hflpvm1bc7opjhgntrdgejredu/31859743180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=sent+by+heavenPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e094.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE094 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8AB 10072 bytes
SHA-256: 0ab848c557f57b53658ed801793939975a003fb342e7bfbd38818fd92808f3f3
font_02_sfnt_off00010f1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F1B 16060 bytes
SHA-256: 8bfc5e2f6383778b4716e60c732a7e5228106b692ca52c1f6b3c0b2892049825
font_03_sfnt_off0001242a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1242A 27184 bytes
SHA-256: 9cd7b0d1055531c0c41d8ec41d46d1871954d0d45909725810c2732aa32eb49e