Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 decfda5d6afb4247…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-07-09 21:14:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: ec709498d44f15f904503062db7c830e SHA-1: 3357ccc55c0eee974ff43f09f32a858a502cf3fb SHA-256: decfda5d6afb4247a46a410d11504e39cef90b7b9b9f398b63122713747b43bc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=electronic+devices+and+circuit+theory+11th+edition+solution+manual+pdf+free PDF link annotation
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717e72a6fa9---72950737698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/wapifipekemibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69c23cdb428b553cc4a7c4c81f67be0b/35924323261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uacu8hbeqri0tg19bo70tgr2n6/79441332529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhakhoaanphuoc.vn/uploads/files/32315851100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c76f3fd0f9c59c4471592c8c11b7679/72033868331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motacademy.it/file/63058686694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb94abedb88---27867016098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982287df13a---vujoripawabisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/36556151752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b7db1bd33e---62125494412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crocepadrekolbe.it/userfiles/files/tifufosojosojar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c6245c8da3abaf0dfd96a5c4d3482a0/gafavip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandwatergatehotel.com/upfile_hotel/files/nawebezipof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0f7153da6---dubinijed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hd3hbehluk7u579g92mt8d8vp0/vusamabeberevit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aacc98b3562---figubosazuxixive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d07f59bb67---59324411121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3821e07fba---sorapopajugifezevewure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1bdc462ba2---xorumomewop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32513c7c0b---numasewim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070439c54bee---98057159310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/10030105700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e656e367b031a2362592c0131d0e690/rafedesekili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/gawekidijetisosafi.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_off0000bb0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB0B 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 07884ec8b260349e62f3c92e377e1b2566856b7bdc46b9434a8fad53c97a21c6
font_01_sfnt_off0000d526.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD526 16488 bytes
SHA-256: b84db339939c1a5933ede5bb96516f1cc3aeb40f0d34e3086490432fdb04a229
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1