Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0d910d3222b2f19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.1 KB Created: 2021-07-22 13:36:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: c7494635fb8ffb29ef6e8c8cf01f6876 SHA-1: 27222e6b689806095224c5aade4e92e634da7996 SHA-256: d0d910d3222b2f19d3400dfff95d18aa5edb56339465ecd8c3a093faa094512c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the true destination and potentially leverage SEO tactics.

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.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a2ca2edd5---69763563612.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61a30331f4a0570581240d94088c4255/xuzalasepegunufagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b76b79dd8e8---ziwaranelapikeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cd7b649ec---gibumewevunibizutaxepakid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-zlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/segaduxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609012799203e---16155100481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e48bdb0943b53e85d9030548e848e1e/451068991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a57a462852mc789rigpikqg93/39594281911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinodanang.com/uploads/image/files/xobopusirokakuvil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/477467f4ec0427cb3109fa2153673ea9/kefaviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamaconsultores.cl/upload/file/51135179561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e36caf6fa6d---rofojimabipidevoxibupil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietxetai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8e616t5id3k048rse5tf4bsii/24335360945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9618f56613---92621532332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty-int.com/files/files/39447420051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekufegejuputamed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/60349985058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annandale1963.com/clients/69704/File/xiwuxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0np6afkol9fca2793r364fchms/loxudakusovewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4131b5e3dc2a17c739d00f4caa4a86a7/40612606925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0b32c003dab3d17852a2da8c5b8e529/xebubagatomatusuvajur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac150a4325---34378903163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/sodeferida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75686205484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=ipo+meaning+in+businessPDF 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_off000130ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130EE 17516 bytes
SHA-256: 2c01b778c58250204df058ed5dd0c999d1008a417d4a23dc7ee2c2bd6923d9c3
font_01_sfnt_off00015f04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F04 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001771b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1771B 10544 bytes
SHA-256: ab307add07b17a973b549a96cecebf4ee1b765702e3ec74ebae297e779e5d8d5