Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f75a7fb758af6fc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 13:14:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f7d565b11ec645b0cee3ac1afb726b60 SHA-1: 4f5df7dd9eeb980cb109a2330dd39e9869c71664 SHA-256: f75a7fb758af6fc6fc5737ffc71bb665e873248c6a6c86788d4eca7a35d2a012
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2mnvfchrvka8ddep10ls8jcmgq/91036492897.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/lewujusoxigomudumiwadugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallawallahighschool1968.org/clients/75819/File/53094751231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af80f2a6a67---jorewagamebodasuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/tebazafifaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/funinujubazeguxividiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0bae7a9fab---xudosopuveterowipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietkinggroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/43918832514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5297690f3---lutebededowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a944deb53f6---rafiwebusolegil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/62883083487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39b9b61b622342fb3e6bab28e83002c4/sabajigivunilewetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/47052256192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceb102c6c9---83833749479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://widepolymers.com/userfiles/file/wufopomudelezekaretap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/188d57e5cabffc313ad777dd2c03c41a/11312239743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5bbbdc1b9f---58283784162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eac5a530099717cb68bf889758ef4fc/kupinevibadebosajupuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607425f17ebf4---11102257490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dralituncer.net/userfiles/file/28043109732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b79c169967---siworekelejinovijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8048d5ea9---86413158967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2f48ba43e9---85458740508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=kings+arms+stanstedPDF 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_off0000d581.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD581 17348 bytes
SHA-256: 5de89e6f31f0c173c088799d2e386b72473fe116080d34034a79c2bac1a09cd7
font_01_sfnt_off00010312.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10312 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B29 10416 bytes
SHA-256: 2638a0292fad922605557d725bc87453c8f73e2304acc7de1dae6de22e1f33f2