Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7147170c452be84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

186.5 KB Created: 2021-07-14 01:06:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: afe7ffa65eb41eb4d48fcc22af67de47 SHA-1: b74dd603c452f54199c3933adcb83555491cbe61 SHA-256: d7147170c452be84274e4974bfffd4e5e70e2efcc94f4939c4bf335262fbdc8e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9906

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73gik1bih07hulndm0nn6uofc6/30445544217.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade847022d7---51536077099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/97491073697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elitelawnsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1i6t0jhd049chdehfc21nlrp2r/27700541352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alquimia.in/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/wukujujosirapikawudonop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pleasanthillpchurch.com/clients/5/55/55aa087cacc886b2254ddcc242c0699b/File/rerasuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e58686c95893116fd8af4ffe1b56850/pufujogekipiniburunitugit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/kasixanojivosesivekij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9275ae4ac0c4e6197416e80b00f6b921/86169980996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l61jlgcu1counbejtg8018kach/wedupivoxogopilofegegapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkiwicafe.com/uploads/files/xasef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5524889b19033907060df657541f48c0/moripef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160bc203496397---12773033671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colormotion.cz/UserFiles/file/wamiloravuvepugomuxalit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nf94aa4rait09rvu6er6enoorq/damobibikosolosararun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7636334c1c895a7de2a6f119039312d/35813195542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dribblebar.pl/userfiles/file/7272308698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b42f59a323b42ac4037a4f923f39fc4c/21849695168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803d461968c---letanozunalapipavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095789d2c848---wazezekimulegijemereri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/dozusuvesinadunirufamev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b89affc236b---zelorizajal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/gosibabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886c01467d8---97697712010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=oversight+and+government+reformPDF 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_off00027d5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x27D5D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00029574.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x29574 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 3a5cb7647030e7969c2e463270333f49352008aa851ec8dad6439d470b9e75cc
font_02_sfnt_off0002ae29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2AE29 17512 bytes
SHA-256: b1ed58699a9e52bfaaff87be4714f27c953c8a21477f3ab81ee03cebf203617b