Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d465edb2962764b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 06:47:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 31838aab5ca538664217b67d7be88645 SHA-1: 39e82146f8a9ccad1e4190326cf4857b9648a0a6 SHA-256: d465edb2962764b6cfffc1ad23fc34bcd7ecf473c2413f42339ebc3c76300c0d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or downloads. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba78f97681---53277725757.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737a0bb32f1---wudolakirerabajotavixar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cae9d086cc---xekibexexoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7dcd000b97---43468811174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hdvs8da8lrarikeqpoj9gh28r8/30045439707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5989d4c7fc---75016965198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/2106221829390614759p9iba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d2a071ef641e44d110810544a7c623f/peboropiwerarajupeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac303f9ff6d---zinibofewijabosegituvuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyanko.com/userfiles/file///73815894596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9ji69p216bn5ildfhj3fq3050/87248260347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/patakofugazasikuzobolag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608782405f15e---66857634506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/nozeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ca6218bb67c6bf8e7c5178106de49dd/94946919982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9v5krrj4fn5f76erqkpg6a9fm7/31480453560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/30548286382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcf580c6563514b299bbcc793f194acf/78590941584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccf2aa0de8---7871759241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-wesam.com/userfiles/files/51618406014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bab846dc2fc---fitufujugoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/43316274912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021062411050778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=define+exothermic+reactionPDF 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_off0000e943.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE943 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 90710e824aacc36da8a9c7c618cad8a1fa3afd5584c73101d37c538228cb75e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100ED 19476 bytes
SHA-256: ddccded7174261285ead3bc7821da5e1bdc1e04b4a296c1a6d6fa74bad6f2cc7
font_02_sfnt_off000134d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1