Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d022ad2791a81f48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 03:27:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 42c5826bc65b123777850bc3a4a363c6 SHA-1: 7cb6f1a0b22ac07549a13adcbb2384593ad29e7a SHA-256: d022ad2791a81f48de7fe685b6787e64a27c2994faf0607c99799387d618a1e5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or redirection attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to lead users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9825

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://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b717e28692---kidisivurikazurogunajo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/numewugepozazitev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qs52mfmshr06oclrfeug68rf7n/rizoruxovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077501052573---jugalozasiduposorebow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glotecgh.com/upload/editor/file/goxetipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774103c6aeb---20387929697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2a071e613b---92713810520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9lkvte8atr4n6gjsd5ad8l9lom/16746655950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koncnc.com/genelresimler/file/7036419397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/xudigapatekewudizewiruka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a93e8f945---5075346912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608170ab4a85e---gorazofapenal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b46a64b439---bujip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/69655125545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/telotowazugedewetujopewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca1a692a03---47269493977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160973fbec169e---8484091120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6s923fj77eopu32bb1kosb9fc/90302339661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/37649712875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b90467adf6---97391179250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/47550354940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wietsevoermans.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sujajazonosibinigorejida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/bumewan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5870dc92ca---53385209854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9fda556cb1---mafitosodem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=one+tenth+of+a+centimeterPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ddcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDCF 2480 bytes
SHA-256: 1248a27105c04650c3559459f50a2379d60f2ca5b317e0c31abf9027fe154657
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8BA 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 79fd69596e0b393fef317f7d432752c0c66dab2f83eb35cd43a1e64a9939e299
font_02_sfnt_off00010016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10016 20956 bytes
SHA-256: 47b3f836569ca1c35b1c4234a8d16690947e290a99773ab9772e8233aa84cdc8
font_03_sfnt_off00013559.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13559 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_04_sfnt_off00014d6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D6A 20120 bytes
SHA-256: f0a84a19159982e242aa1982f165f1887d91d8d72a7376006039e93101226531