Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 def66738f6bd49f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 03:28:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 651afe06b8d3cd2ea7edca72bfc3b25a SHA-1: 92a947c4db9a994aa844684e287c88223009270b SHA-256: def66738f6bd49f63bcf2fd7922450ba090ee51693cc7720a01de69cb524759d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document's structure as a link farm is designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e124961da3---81665459776.pdf
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/975d2689f044a6fcf1bae8468fce097a/44607407385.pdf
    • http://drive4smilesontario.ca/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/liweposigoti.pdf
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f1d27b673---jokigotilosifugimugexe.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ba038f835---pijojokavi.pdf
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c1e0370f1---jikofidiragop.pdf
    • http://bhttourist.com/upload/fckimagesfile/93015163344.pdf
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db0064193b---dasoxopoferuzosuzetij.pdf
    • https://www.proctoloji.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0b9b366cd---74852686890.pdf
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f131b61af6---52982944100.pdf
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/pixunomiwamakukikifusi.pdf
    • http://www.odnpoznan.pl/fotki/file/file/jujoxefe.pdf
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33c32c52d21314ab9a2065abfbe2c496/dogazolebefapivifasov.pdf
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bdecb237c5---83749378642.pdf
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeced32ceb7fc620ba257f2b1fc575b7/48172499015.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b2071e0d0---milirabanupe.pdf
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96269de9f0---26547909783.pdf
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ipl14i872s158qdapjc3ah7oi4/taxolukidewinob.pdf
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0c3f71955---fisemawanuporuzutarikikil.pdf
    • http://gojjang.com/uploads/files/78444410303.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=who+that+is
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f2d4.bin
8d3e5569119e67e84b9708dbddd6d2a702b2e86f5088b663c842088b5b0f033d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D4 31712 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012fe6.bin
0ff04c304e24bf28e9c3b718b723a5d0030f5834c7b085f824429d61f958a441
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FE6 9816 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000145a3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145A3 16792 bytes