Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d642e314a2314795…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-07-27 02:53:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5d549fb77573efa5a804be381daead36 SHA-1: cbc5bdbd22630a355d6f564565e48f36162bcb7d SHA-256: d642e314a2314795ddf5ade7e9d204c8101a7bfadc74d450ce4fdbd117f45f38
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm or phishing campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure and link distribution align with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd7be4c82af---86304176380.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d383ab3cb28---91591936017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a60pus85quuhma5t2krfjlial6/20959992176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/44032245008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzweiss.at/reviriwofuruvalove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unnatiwelfareorganization.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zovusul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea95077c385bc92baeca7bfcddb9257d/pevivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dedb13c66616fec9b4688e186bdee678/ponatidogefibudofasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesemlak.com/test/images/uploads/files/nisewinama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819e2a33111---zirejivodoruzozobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2000f8db3c---nusovimeniniwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827b37d7914---30731796913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608143472607f---galowowamurabupexot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e89cbdc95---85735985982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-2/20210502202221786864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/109ee905303bea7cc84b43d5094d6548/36676897405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerezolorente.com/files/cerezolorente/_repo/file/62266544152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d905e87575d---6021374237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundreamz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71120254529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editionsitaliques.com/userfiles/file/85630320998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/sikuwalix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+adjustment+disorder+with+mixed+anxiety+and+depressionPDF 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_off000104da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104DA 18284 bytes
SHA-256: fb5241450b68913f0663fef1368ff592d36db056a92768877e8414ebbdcf382f
font_01_sfnt_off000132d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132D5 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 33627c8ac76f1577d74e09b1598dac3d9930032fe0d43f423f802de5846d6939
font_02_sfnt_off00014cba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1