Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca10444e539fc727…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:54:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: e2d61350dff32a74bc8151f071e581a2 SHA-1: 93a709e5ef41e6581a30c414366e46c34f9e083a SHA-256: ca10444e539fc727d2083167d063214ba50770e795659deb36c59c282a80fd1e
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 WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs and link farm structure are sufficient indicators of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0573ab6af9---baxikasowizamibamisixe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/tazewubipotuxudatozox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca3c8ec22841c141b1aefe7076946ad7/buwogokupuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a32dde486e14445a0d8b96d25e7e68d/wazunenolumijijewuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929f408f85d---vibitalilowosowodapura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb0c644244---76219211669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pratiklinik.com/img/userfiles/files/wazuwixibixadobeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/senabupizixexepujevevefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/vuriralozadetes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608816d8535fe---riwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/zokivexur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b86fff2364cfffc6eacbd840a1d0d66e/satorefamoxilenejowad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c54cb9ba39d---80795826602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bl8l9vreqnfdgfd6sdb8d3qfc/6979743149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608408c5cf590---6964948005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4b46ba2eb8---zuwanoxuvuminomifires.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6c107298f6ae50a3cb0454d91affd96/85501004338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c3c469f8afc1afafa70ad7c8d3225c3/30142747509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609425081690b---61420488431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74436275057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf0ebd847a---bimalotolumixegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/gorifomevifezanogotimare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=solve+the+equation+by+gauss+elimination+methodPDF 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_off0000fb99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB99 17468 bytes
SHA-256: b55d32cdd004b146202d42688099908a8b4607ba6b9525af035425ce13b37e7f
font_01_sfnt_off0001297d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1297D 11236 bytes
SHA-256: f453139a6371805b6a5ec676a4e3bf62ecba28cbc3ea4a1f75e54304f955a851
font_02_sfnt_off00014325.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14325 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1