Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0900af441761eef7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-26 01:09:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c8cbeff5f2d7ca2fe82949d48057bce7 SHA-1: 7927a8c88989215c9aec6800d1fb292f3a39730a SHA-256: 0900af441761eef781a213c2f54eb509adf996006b237ebdfad14380a43b2bd5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous external URIs and compromised CMS upload links points to a tactic of distributing malicious content through seemingly legitimate but compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd41d4379f---63193356814.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3592ed98f---pafijavapufuwibabolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b3ee0b18de---79461433305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuraniterbiye.com/resimler/files/xamivafibapod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd83581fb61fe70e60ee0c9fe760e640/dibisugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/ximibuzorugijes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/24379431185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://violetstudio.in/userfiles/file/numivomefuweduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albizy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pebufedomuketafaliviwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuonlan.vn/data/upload/files/kafuwoxivese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a1bbfee45fcf551e7ec5e9a1458427b/85650235484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be960dda735---73748376012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/26416784321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shop-cartuning.pl/userfiles/file/99578149609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.comfile/pagasek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2oop6t8qglc8lnfg40s69a2rl/31406968830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campcolefamilyreunion.com/clients/82065/File/60558419633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consurs.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1410699585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4895ce9168c7c83964aface8c3dc8300/pofin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegalezullo.eu/userfiles/files/7281872733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dejavuruse.com/userfiles/file/vubizekiluzokofovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/3591349787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz./uploads/jovofemerafane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/82865197565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=trapezius+muscle+strain+stretches+pdfPDF 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_off0000f496.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF496 16548 bytes
SHA-256: 3a267c85a53a05b64e8dcac0b458df49a751a6db2dd3875d197153c96d215a7d
font_01_sfnt_off00011f7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F7C 10888 bytes
SHA-256: cf7c73c4cc6673b848876e9280110b9d8ea50f58d494080d7a5641a5321be478
font_02_sfnt_off0001387c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1387C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1