Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2d7c79fda68c205…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 14:15:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: ba67bcdd3b9480de67bcca4e5f0bbeb8 SHA-1: 0c0fa6147b25a296b0b490a5abfa6d125e884871 SHA-256: d2d7c79fda68c205f93a0fe91f8ded08309cb99b4f30c674a755349e6312dd10
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. This suggests a link farm or phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c641a45a9---5362924912.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb343fd351979a937dc4f5477d105685/40563210717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyko.pl/userfiles/file/17203495133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c921198a63f---xaluje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mtkfsas7p0c0q7e512k9rgu2sv/pusatulurit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rlvbbh1v1mv4a5k6gtc86tt17/dozegesapumutin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a54990e18e6---zavesuwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/85768358264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095cad567967---94623486716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dopumomaterowovuzirog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/30610169742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608681e553d80---57466023208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ec25c425b---61447618703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/82580622135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84e88dc65d---gewumiridogimobifewax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cec4c830a1b969d921e2d3296c78e52/tefupejijegozogufipof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dff22535a64---denusumavabud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eac67aff3899aa8181464be2dc047ad7/18756080182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3650a7087---33058629969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/969d37992272f6bc2665041161dc48a8/raxovizumuxejuxilax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frus22rfsdpt2a8jep4dib2a32/mupiworapumesejanivofabis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6096f36e9d451f78717fd9147ac52731/molaxekubigevonepapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa256d54df6e1561e95eb8f6361d6dae/fidumafemid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=diary+of+a+wimpy+kid+full+book+freePDF 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_off0000cf94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF94 10824 bytes
SHA-256: d7af5f771b393e08b9faaa77a3b68043b656236cc4b471584ca1a47b6a44bd26
font_01_sfnt_off0000e855.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE855 17260 bytes
SHA-256: d5e146626b353c825f61cf40659bad226d17c7761cf9a0661bdc4fd6c8f04070
font_02_sfnt_off000114aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1