Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04986f1452a40f3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-21 04:47:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b7c54a06c91cee8d122b40e83a8c63e8 SHA-1: 16ad65404296fb86d55e26b62350b6accde02886 SHA-256: 04986f1452a40f3c858bdc479ce0ed281b1338009be43db228ecd5b3a07c29c9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV both flagged this file as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of it being used for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/rilewanale.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c18b27f29c---mojekopanagarawilulexuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/22759613380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf7b2be1219---66660924231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restorationteleconference.com/clients/73716/File/favokeponesasodogixega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed2e058e3b---bumuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/zepisoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fca4d0db24---lines.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160890c51e808c---99017835437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diphong.com/uploads/wosavipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eff4cce24cd---tevujilemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/10686938462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9cd4b52b2f---mevexorilazeneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/53668661516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae4ad4d129a6a42ac89bd6f48d0978ac/dejujovatewikomunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zae.me/datafiles/file/kazesizurujulala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2748a628a3458342a452fbbe9936c2eb/wipinogeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081919e5e1dc---wedikedigujulikoxuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17c0rach2bcp6udm4vubdu4n20/ratadabaluku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://standsimulator.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23416020375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfc9ed60ab---18051525474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca471a8ceb---58275061800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b19ca0a76409a7b56c2749a286804007/pubipugakef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7540bba8f6---fatoworewizadazimeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+vrchat+namePDF 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_off0000ee87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE87 17844 bytes
SHA-256: f412f32a28d16f0855f4a4f9095c59244a051ca0615b53109b66b206941acf0b
font_01_sfnt_off00011d4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D4A 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 79bcb5be1ee75831fdf1a327610cd2c34e0ce03317833072a35af7d6a16bb48a
font_02_sfnt_off00013514.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13514 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1