Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01b93fdb59fb75b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 21:45:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2276b4f456d1110aa71dce0c195b12f6 SHA-1: 280f63665d2577fae80f81c58cbeef7933159219 SHA-256: 01b93fdb59fb75b456b8a51ca58304f3bacb43ee4a04df69b773c873de320642
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 hosting PDF files. This suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/167e727830e0260059ecfdc3531cf683/65464542968.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c83138ca4---ditusasokivojopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af517c4f1e---62455248477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f8a9677cf---38819837158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7598767220991fb51658b2dfb3500290/gupimobojimiwider.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitalsyndic.com/userfiles/file/72792810592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/najal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b860a18c3af2cb8526fab3f43d7bbb8/55058466410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92id1iemsbcjuon5007qi92qr1/18023538301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c185d9ebefb---42956502408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1218fe24fdb94b1e50387f26ffe54e4d/67912832338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a871546c3d5---92304710815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d70711502a9---vamoroxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/24459369795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2706bb391efbf08f1b9117dd5f8aa7d1/97686512717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3df3a595fe3611f0db58e3db1c4816bb/viginibokilubasovile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/29791190890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fjhh96g668ffan75f118rtpej/60318657732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86ed87a0a6---gigidozolaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/kudevezoranokezitomoxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f80d32f24d0562129119136208ffe4d4/bokapuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flambotour.it/themes/userfiles//files/zaromojukeduku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d793200e49---voroxewamimaluratem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/gegakagoneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090dd959cd29---7824641238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2mus.ca/clients/b/b1/b1ca46fdb12d68e762e4a8b3318caec0/File/19650885918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=yellow+bay+tree+leavesPDF 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_off00011971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11971 16568 bytes
SHA-256: 5ff61ccca407f30ab90d0b3d69a591d6cb58aceaa06247f3ad8fc1f078b98864
font_01_sfnt_off0001445e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1445E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015c75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C75 10296 bytes
SHA-256: ed8eed6451853cd109a1a31cb2876f56fa58a0c35fbfb4668e6b92482965f5c9