Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da977653a95dcab4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.9 KB Created: 2021-07-16 08:08:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 03b10aa7dbefab316baa0f6a2e59a43e SHA-1: 7718cc57f8b0e8f6be7bfc5a82b8205fbe609cc0 SHA-256: da977653a95dcab46e2db0296fe45f9600d76780e9bb1ff61d3d613c58f6ee60
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=catering+business+plan+samples+free PDF link annotation
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24aa967bde7e0d040d1a0fd6160e51e9/jofani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c62f2faacae---rotowosasorowimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekitchendesignstudio.org/uploads/files/bedinupudajunifisim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lnd59l13h36bqaqd2eaalpv48n/89685341832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l0hr95i2kh4snqljq0018tsch3/sokemanesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonikqnc.com/upload/editor/file/1622241831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c62591ba7---lofexedepop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39dfacd3d488814b4819417f497eb911/32394103782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szolnokepul.hu/userfiles/file/rotefisezeguwasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9108c25bae5f5db390510a79d9c308e1/nitibuvegizetuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acrsrbdgpr2464ghnmasbmbeqf/vajelabuvakasomofusow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d1212446dd7a05d3ea934374cc4fdc0/xedipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irish-setter-zucht.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60549749286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a5a24669c---xipofokav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nakipoglugroup.com/upload/ckfinder/files/juxuxebigirinofar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe09189fb2---buvugumugonexukaliwisulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856467a0956---niwolozisulereg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/fonajesijunumasigawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c1826aa16f972ad4720b1149a27f628/jukonizowobugesek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b92b79e5e49---34907938555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849420ce41b---rinupewiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607622c7316f8---diramep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenbaycruisesagent.com/userfiles/file/nozodetepitiwojixizazisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/mejemukale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/narekara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001370b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1370B 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 6b8acb5289e7ebdcbcbbb9f8c3ba5aec68c41ba3a4662aa813d9d6bf8516da78
font_01_sfnt_off0001655c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1655C 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 64f704eab53bd95b0543fa5f978a89ee4302eb1cd9e2a4d4ce5e6f1b629d0ac3
font_02_sfnt_off00017e32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17E32 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1