Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0673602151c98a6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-05 09:49:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1fc7f54d1908dfc84b161d463e7dd367 SHA-1: 0dccd3f9f272b6960008d00025e324a32752dffa SHA-256: 0673602151c98a6d579b184d9b2191b928c9038e06bf38c44412ae810c0dcc04
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS installations. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of using these sites to host or link to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites via a phishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8de0bd5f1---detumevubiwig.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607abcdaf1b97---rexatujewojakekiwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e378b628de1b56793a58dc9d99d38e0/netusuwari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086842b64589---98952137202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l7kqg8n4i2d51aqr2kfak1sesm/8273327135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bv477riqdu6osljnsraj9k77l4/7563766066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a155c295891---73283902803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3gr-group.com/ci/userfiles/files/15014020175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oa8pjgs0jftbseiorcgg8midq0/98951076276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/37186259266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5df29b40c---zezubopinubanibonawik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///12202291882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3l2j8sgp4qaeolnbuo52r6d5hn/vazodufulurirazukeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stewartreunion2020.com/clients/2/2a/2a0d9dcdd57715375c9f4393c24df0f2/File/445328145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d26f019a2528327c55f37410e51f46d/33501180982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607248b73dba4---bogewumigamedupemusub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundimjob.at/images/content/files/penupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826fcf7ff00---52469917333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0fb24ade4d---wevopebivemajoposemag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/332e360e6c690f92ec4a60a41aeb87c6/35914412866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e3c0a8c85---jirovivuvegonobuxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9ebe2cec1c574782647e5f2af506a40/78511877836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/762243b06945dab58fee92eb805b8dc5/warofowazirunimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=marathon+training+plan+with+cyclingPDF 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_off0000f989.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF989 10548 bytes
SHA-256: fb838997434f88118fc62c2bce41b6d4a4c175528030250afbb1c944b0aede3f
font_01_sfnt_off00011194.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11194 16600 bytes
SHA-256: 7acef07f0b81c5dd391ee7ba506674a91b89972de86d295c899cbf83bbfdff1f
font_02_sfnt_off00013c6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1