Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d320a42cecc07051…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:04:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1c7e1a338bd2936678b6472157a294c0 SHA-1: 4d703bbb76265e95fa17c64c2fd7977a6e5aced4 SHA-256: d320a42cecc070512f1db5ef4ce46435104bde8d68a53fbde928d0900af78350
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 CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the true destination or to track user engagement with the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8120f409dbbed351c687ca8a9b3e8970/41712882620.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://emons-verlag.com/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/93644069370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a60d5631202---letekuvoxurenetogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afbbddc30f0---10695965337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcaec86648a---8423911582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093bacab6968---netomimakaxojoworuwiwaxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fec5b5f867---7022989980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pritchardreunion.com/clients/81409/File/juwirekarosepas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f21dbcc997db06024dc052a300673781/82327395583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candybeauty.vn/upload/files/24798882269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5017c760974b4245ca5736f6e50376b2/nuropelulanitivanijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://literie-depot.fr/UserFiles/file/55621393076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confetti-seasons.ru/upload/files/70225517686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gih89fskd7hp0kn2ppiaqhjcdn/31149566840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741899cffc2---55610302691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hp2mjjstdi0e4qr7lan1feush7/3603418803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160c9e1ad95b7c---10944535915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161049d0ab4207---judijefivapefosasotif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/tuninotopirulajazanil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/wajevikekoxomatozinatopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/pisojebex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aristi-trap.com/upload/users/files/vadalurivawexizelelepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965dc55f7a3---6972048364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/87033900244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/10823561932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=phrasal+verbs+english+to+bengali+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB4D 10984 bytes
SHA-256: a7f0e8e70dc28ba2991b49e9f1117fc0608008a7ec142661fe02709b36c85540
font_01_sfnt_off0000f454.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF454 23476 bytes
SHA-256: f3f0bfc99f7ac6ce2a00a0b8d46fb71371487c7a9cd3f2d62ffa89f0b828ea65
font_02_sfnt_off00013071.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13071 16292 bytes
SHA-256: 57340892af46a162cbdc202f4055c41fd4de01ae6fb9f921a97239b9f67b66ce
font_03_sfnt_off000146ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1