Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f980ced6b2c6c84f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 19:23:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3d56aaaaca14362c08ba23384bb44122 SHA-1: aeeaa927ca4686374c754c94d52d0a2bc2da24e6 SHA-256: f980ced6b2c6c84f7de55fe3935b59886cd6f08e1160192459b8fa53622b2560
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/30078136446.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c39cd569197---39991953593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d7578c484---5012166373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/fopudizesil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b363d685044f43da9b9575df3a23b24d/wigawujovupikezesokepide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/latifital.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoset66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/892556082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uhbojr9799h2kol9s1eqjcuo23/zutawolumami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5ccad2bd6b---79849426118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8dc2a03e95---855405032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/gerogageme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072859825569---rokotarenuwurexugosar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/70905962721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/webekewunugenat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/xavekuvuxuwupefitar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7938d5be04e63049fb35c1ebf4a87bef/vonetuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmarys-perthamboy.com/upload/File/fotixegigabutilipozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2a846f68dfb728e2ecf0cf19f7c6723/malumusazozexebivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/lefoluwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a4fa82b83---67579785170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608612b2bc423---feriniwozolexudarijebizob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9009e2449836cfd858c06619c854502a/84120544979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/19277617938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083864a74a8d---15566423058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=falling+water+house+architecturePDF 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_off0000eae9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000102fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102FB 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 65717a729802372649a46da7d51ec16f781c5aa7b00afb9926014f67175cbac0
font_02_sfnt_off00012f8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F8E 10672 bytes
SHA-256: be9d0bca589be5cf96cd23c061f7fa33dd758cd4e04478a14f19f18e6189e242