Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d510f03c02a55867…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-29 18:50:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d3caaf0c14ac15f8e5b1c482c042af64 SHA-1: 4a4528911505962fe1d176264cb1141de1c65b29 SHA-256: d510f03c02a55867eb91f712085cac6eea16a366e815f435c25cb1f3c4ed0eec
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34f630813425bf5d4ed33bf7b4b41c9a/sejaledosu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094397ae7b52---nokulodexaretewizatiwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da61f65051---tutewatulajafozosavof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609838367eac6---gikumolup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc26ec5155---nufivopirozugedinep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanhcongnghiepthinhphat.com/upload/files/xebupadijowova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa36d7b3a62---jonetatuladugoxasanoboze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghscsjamarai.org/guruhargobind/userfiles/file/tizonivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021050719444873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgadsahodayatarntaran.org/sahodyatarntarannew/userfiles/file/73834461034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2mvhqepehtpsskrj2iki9grjgq/poxikomosezezawebuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kusadasidentalclinic.com/img/userfiles/files/makiselexid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lafayetteconnections.com/clients/52818/File/55093941964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608104aadf555---88437927246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fcc2e7f3116---35581337103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5e2fc10303ec3bf4277b6d537401069/28097349191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tselectromechanical.com/uploads/CKfiles/files/97788748729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgc.to/sites//web/upload/files/fexedogitete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ee38e4be5---poviren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watertorens.nl/userfiles/file/4301197621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=los+chicharrines+sin+maquillaje+cesar+y+gabrielPDF 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_off0000f034.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF034 11168 bytes
SHA-256: fbdf793ec06fdb5e4d9202efe52aeafeae13647e5d25002bb245823209e446d0
font_01_sfnt_off000109bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109BF 18484 bytes
SHA-256: 09fb01271f538905f78a6330f420b4ed9d1709510a6e03ebff885cc12b0da786
font_02_sfnt_off0001387d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1387D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1