Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe957e85c162a717…

MALICIOUS

PDF

150.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 07:52:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: b6d2dd6cf6fc8728591cc8261b305279 SHA-1: 9f9b590a2a7d59130c8a9792b1e70272cfd627f4 SHA-256: fe957e85c162a717aad48915c28779c9b4477ec8e296f640ab27ae6027c5ebf7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as hosting for further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure and link farm nature suggest it's designed to lure users to external, untrusted resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af20952f579721cab948e0b263a7bcd1/19526063404.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47281e2ca7---78054449931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ahoj40rnk52pf8ro8ivm8oqka2/guvuvirosixunat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cffc3ebddb0109d8173767e68ef70fb/kolevuxuzonewowodotuzopum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ic338kic1h22lct9msvean0jm4/56272735239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856ad0c5d17---19847515612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/45397752744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/87356995765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/botewewizexefirafikaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0efe3ac2f7---rukutibipunezapizom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/wotukanepuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071557930710---44857252816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azseal.net/uploads/userfiles/file/55616964998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c775dd6d0---vabubog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/sutizazupateko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5caf97347---womejiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b107c54f401ca78d3750c79cfda2ab82/78146308861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f7902419e---jemukolojoweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da416b65382---juxebiwaturaragomuvezum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2edb58d9e5---42614206384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/gixufinegiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/lizibidawiwizobabam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50f900d0906afb6866de7c29a51e3867/67094212761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/59069680666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=low+glycemic+lunch+ideasPDF 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_off0001ea1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EA1E 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 62dfbd4f58489b15bc21852e454db5f6e683377d8180a9c63bf975f7844ca3e4
font_01_sfnt_off000218c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x218C7 10876 bytes
SHA-256: a7ab0adcbb76673739847596eeea7430986473e77586d31c82f4bf02f691d97e
font_02_sfnt_off00023191.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23191 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1