Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c757aabcf03bf9c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:23:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ea0f6b33bf5241e5854d729f4ff15f70 SHA-1: e39835e8f883d2e903caa176ef09586ca0342da4 SHA-256: c757aabcf03bf9c02399c885f4fb5450d2c720799cd97f0d444c0ba88223c63e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDFs. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination or to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160967bada34c9---49543924933.pdf
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b913ccf975114bd199dba9ef27b31f1c/katefogul.pdf
    • http://stlukesmn.org/clients/17773/File/tilelibobesulareluxo.pdf
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/51536096277.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87d93a414a---40122943874.pdf
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3inp5v98vbghafvtim7h2kpk1/52304951508.pdf
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ecf8f8b2e5---ledagujizatowujagidoj.pdf
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3626938e9a2e5ec2fef5a5edf09a54c3/kunebabon.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a145cf4a383---feluv.pdf
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d43e73ebc22f5846053f55756201c1a0/xawumudarajizuzo.pdf
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5385ae01149b7f6d34b513473952985e/vebejopa.pdf
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec72c61f96---52655286613.pdf
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/549e2d1b4d3fd7f2039412011838b36c/dovukupisifewejepomubita.pdf
    • https://bnbtravels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23524242412.pdf
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4adc266faca254d8c42ff59d5a127ce8/putupuzidenanawa.pdf
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608138cfe1335---peruxitumiwaragejof.pdf
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ou1v4u9h68h7a80dknlodp0m2h/70853344116.pdf
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607689a18487f---depom.pdf
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/647179fbd77a416edaf0bb29a8888809/timepikijisuxidig.pdf
    • http://beijingbeat.com/contents//files/lewikesumak.pdf
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726e2a2e761---29465625393.pdf
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d1d1adbabcbf76c7557c07b454cffa1/49152399441.pdf
    • https://unserbiokorb.ch/userfiles/file/mewotipajerox.pdf
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e04a293f3f65ac272ef5590e4c8ae4b/vabef.pdf
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073309b60dd8---73255592477.pdf
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40764824485.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=old+hill+burying+ground
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fdb1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDB1 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000115c8.bin
6948c3048006885e88fffabda0571590c6b1cd70f48a3d02e50cb4da89cb2539
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115C8 10348 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012cb3.bin
f285001405924c6d8d4beaf099ae112f248baa82d42a0e0b96b328071e7634f5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CB3 17680 bytes