Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01bb61655ee236bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

116.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:56:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 564417ae68e5c6d6d8b3414ae9b4626b SHA-1: 76498cef64735c9e17d6e5d4c617c261b2b4657e SHA-256: 01bb61655ee236bbfee054e54087d10fd49960402d88c18d896dc55b33bec74c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing and trojan delivery mechanism. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of numerous distinct hosts and links, combined with the 'utm_term_redirector' flag, indicates a coordinated effort to host and distribute malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6b8f74f05f---94501554945.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098306a56099---57015762042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8d1ee2115---piruzabofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/webodutaxipodewiguveduza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611608d90ec40---33403100693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speedwayinfo.hu/uploads/file/42246962774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/50834194153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6a0e8bd010---53137055287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyglas.com/userData/board/file/wapusebosuferemudizeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123c74c00221---miwekajusebaweve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/978s3dkovgpu5r4lhiqhj2hart/xadujijomozud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853ed90d4eb---suxonumamawemolewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kskgdva8ttjju1530libfv7155/85707544097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/20217211036581552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f82788636a00349da2af07ccda51d65f/70959637490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d3db6f643---pugebefesulovisojik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7906c03884fb177589c84d68d737cbb/5858291559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/pozolixed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/wireliwavorurevotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161061f539c732---miseba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadever.vn/Images_upload/files/jaguluwukakexapezavofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fishuntpesca.it/file/jimebataragebawav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///2021826173337762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adgroup.co/userfiles/file/31689043984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=ruhs+bsc+nursing+entrance+exam+paper+2018+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/61211704804.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_off000157e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157E7 21868 bytes
SHA-256: e4f9cb6e7bf813674435620d5e44a80c7c2b8fb82d2d3757d181fb78a5862bc1
font_01_sfnt_off0001911b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1911B 11792 bytes
SHA-256: 67e187c45ce406e190fc50f5dc84b6be58e22005fff548d26b47a844802d256d
font_02_sfnt_off0001acd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1ACD7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1