Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6740f2131725c89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-07-10 00:11:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 0cc2f8e5bf7840ad40118539d25f230c SHA-1: 3f410d53b567cdead66cda6682e7744092a8bcb1 SHA-256: f6740f2131725c8931473484d0910298a18775492427ff6a511cf8c1f6c7a739
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised WordPress sites and potentially malicious URLs. The presence of embedded URIs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to host phishing content or distribute further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=donepezil+side+effects PDF link annotation
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t2kdkprlsmlt0vd1r6pkoaukh0/zaxesixokubovedabalena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86ec00e9de---61080373097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3d80ac7d4---latojukiwuvotuvemigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charlesstreetvideo.com/userfiles/file/32468369210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/82223090816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb71e284db---vaferadokeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7661c6b1d8---gujikotefidefikuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venturahigh1967.com/clients/40640/File/valiriboretuwavom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a7c79e17c---47979854692.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6cc798b947---jafekuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaodantanthaison.com/Images_upload/files/21309335145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798a75df887---6619634365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5569efd33---bobezufuzozowoguluxagik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6359c000c6---58658507448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a310b7c5118---71420529670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609faa5d51ef8---roxuromirovaxilef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/34178591452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d984fa40c4---vapifoluwetodurara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/webobitexirerapurawilep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avgdesign.com/userfiles/file/93570706789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607435df9d333---63633542758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vqtbdev6ccocnfs5j056qq7p3/65258624010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juvelyrikoscentras.lt/Files/file/gekuwawilebakino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tt9kkj72jp8o6eq3vlbi8i1o01/mujexuwupomawizufubefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/muxafuxu.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_off0000eab6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB6 16856 bytes
SHA-256: 7791a4a156ffc74b97f0ba2ad3f56521c1baad6c36c78449880e7bb896549129
font_01_sfnt_off000116c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ed9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ED9 10412 bytes
SHA-256: b93d9aa33f0f0a0802c8e4ca4cd451b5906bc231b64bab76d6c93c22e4d518ef