Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e744b5b6d65638a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:15:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: baf3db3e24338e150da96b930a2c48c6 SHA-1: b1d1fe691caf33339ed917a2417795fbfbc3df60 SHA-256: e744b5b6d65638a1d208cfce7095be27cbe05b222145f7ee339291f6062a988b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, specifically targeting file upload functionalities. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and embedded URLs suggest exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities or social engineering to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096206657b40---gamukowuworuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cff71fd272609a24a6b9457985b4dc1/mesuvun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huijingweb.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-31/20210831160144215908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/65546512090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suncitygroup.ir/basefile/suncitygroupir/files/29898775622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be7682087a5---boxelanotexelifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbox.ru/images/shared/file/niloxefudimevomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///xasawokazuduwadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882a41d44b8---28338822302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plentis.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gokagerefiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livingkaneohe.com/userimages/82224957278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qij3s27fbdsu2kpigqaquihjs7/nezej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27f408043e9ccd7707d350f7b922086e/48190587995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnmetalworks.com/images/files/wezinakel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-ostrava.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38764402046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e98253827f---majamemaxigifovipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gediklimakinahidrolik.com/resimler/files/ziravokoper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ddece138caea49f3f165bcba96a3818/32889472602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b18698cc4dd---11342873700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.net/images/file/39115752357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f265c66a87---53089542453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zigzagontwerp.nl/sites/default/files/file/segokisoxurowopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d61643fbbb1415398321636c03d18b77/6392923752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danguykhoidoanhnghiephp.vn/Upload/files/20317471231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aromamarketing.md/img/files/wevemuvazimuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+dreamweaver+tutorial+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000f890.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF890 17788 bytes
SHA-256: ff83757ab2f258bc6952e571fdeb1eb2a9e513662815f4d0423261e3f89bd64e
font_01_sfnt_off000126ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126AE 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 3a714819930a91353f8664b0e057400ab1197e9f91b13f8e269fca3d70564e19
font_02_sfnt_off00013f95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1