Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d57d4c153875ac71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 12:41:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 8854b03aa9c939e69509023fb05e1fac SHA-1: a45b9d710a08453f49730d47a6ebe48c75d1a8b8 SHA-256: d57d4c153875ac713f2217b8c312f421dd8e8b7a0d9b9e03bb7b7fed506811bf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests it functions as a link farm, potentially leading to malicious content or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2cbc84082---44560572670.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48939469046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6872d1c246---dibubifikuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/ninilidenuxemagesuwabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domholidays.com/userfiles/file/94124654654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079191422f06---1580917547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhathuydesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nb6gbnru7k53p8pbcekhmks1vk/wizigabigasunibusepawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gv9rfmnvukiiq4rtj00h9ma6g2/wufofodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungshingcentre.com/userfiles/wixojubisat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210624003256_125348519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/dasodikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708e75dbefc---pazelagafulixamoludano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844cd0f4186---39833624500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cttov4mb878tl4u2vk6sao7aa0/40274839324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ad04a493a---93714299588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ce48c8e15---52906129728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8pf937vqas38smtf0eqrtnbkdp/vibixinaxukuvubopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823ccace193---24522312803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45df8f757bf81d00226ef827a6a77d0d/50401492767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/tajudawumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalanpa.com/images/upload/File/83774615393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d42ni52e4td1ao7h6u21h8s0vt/24238703092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25fqr6pl0sqekv89ub5lv7jtt2/49720308781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsharqcc.com/userfiles/files/95386866509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=goutnor+0.5+mg+tabletPDF 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_off0000e668.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE668 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE7A 16680 bytes
SHA-256: 4d755a8c31b452741431a2166d2163f79e37c5008b19589ecd6e0612a4f84a2d
font_02_sfnt_off00012a0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A0F 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 871e225a65c8b80eb6b52c66dfdfe3e1807bd352e52a9162648ffce0c69217d1
font_03_sfnt_off000142fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142FC 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 5e4c00560aa92e58ed7893f1d29e19bab1551ecfc1a2d4366013d39ff1dff337