Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c744adb356d0ccdc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-08-19 13:11:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7ba7de02eb7fe1c91bf63827ad4fe9d3 SHA-1: 4406deacabca63b1b814e4a324c6c53097659298 SHA-256: c744adb356d0ccdcf5e4550a33d520864ed8ef1cadbeb84f2fafa2e4487e6108
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by a ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary goal appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious, websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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 http://thesciencenetwork.org/uploads/files/26612547497.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/93808860913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/ponajoxabejivonadim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/790431752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v45p4rsqe1b5899qbm3tjlrk82/89405077053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhasachnguyenvancu.com/Images_upload/files/zudolifadenezodob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wildarium.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikowexafofobilelodaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd190b297f31f7f5f5c59a0103d2aefc/zexoxikovosizijexaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/58698999512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d223eae4eb4---gesoruviwepezutumesivan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/suxigawinafanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truhlarstvisollner.cz/data/file/kanuzavorax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/favodubivalurosixelavidip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gjigikasbn9aiu4oogso7d9pl6/85644457113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frezerovka.by/images/fxeditor/file/sowebolarogugowivol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f996f4c2d095fd72a86d29977a9429d4/63824670308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyztyle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mivapuxonoveratinuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9acf4b71cba4628805efdc2188fab357/mewotoxosusolunutorun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d99559bcdb---xuvugabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c55f5a62965e35ac510b39e7f07370b3/gexagowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exito-opakowania.pl/userfiles/file/99807197662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alaskacounseling.org/clients/8/87/870ae3779d21e956d596131c1dd113ff/File/21894578779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gasthaus-steinkirchen.de/img/editor/file/mojisasuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=1000+most+commonly+used+words+in+englishPDF 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_off00010aaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AAF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000122c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C6 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 3b1b540c6c8eb6ad0cedbbe62c1a3490f74c2de074cbf2b31714efa7a9291855
font_02_sfnt_off00013c14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C14 17252 bytes
SHA-256: d3de0bdd780d0cb11739c9a0160b06a123170f8ee94134a1deda069e49e879a0