Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bd4c1362de6d050…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 10:24:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4d2da9d53e4cc268bcab6230bc43264d SHA-1: d226573e1463993e8f006dce0e459c32fe942126 SHA-256: 0bd4c1362de6d050e8a65ecb33949f6bc5ccc4b6c40bd9b1704ead1e72a5dd23
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a PDF link farm. It contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The PDF structure itself is also noted for duplicate object bodies, which can sometimes be used to obfuscate malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+things+they+carried+motifs
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/puseloh6pu1luqc2t8aador5v6/48980111177.pdf
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210621233634.pdf
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c274e2100e---6722793617.pdf
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757e06d9cd0---14646666936.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f65a27722---taxuka.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4525e02a0818eefe2493ca56689b2dd/kutupagomota.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b135d6c9f---bazofipag.pdf
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/1186082519.pdf
    • https://www.stjohnhomelessshelter.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb95b8e773df92cabcec5724aeaaaea5/46916394147.pdf
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745543d222d---famodiranujadonimoxajon.pdf
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/kidume.pdf
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9tgnik1ptd8rdgg079qsmcbf1/tuwumukokixo.pdf
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c1e596a232---51784371449.pdf
    • https://aljazeerahpetroleum.ae/userfiles/files/56229332940.pdf
    • http://aaykpn.com/uploads/editor/files/rosogolijejagifa.pdf
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13aa4ab9a237edbbc8646cafaa10a754/gojalerunewe.pdf
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739d77a3b43---50204815272.pdf
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/88363650616.pdf
    • http://ehs1958.org/clients/73155/File/34258973360.pdf
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/purufajakuvixuvit.pdf
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78d8b38b9d79ff0922a788895db6eac4/duxufefixuxiw.pdf
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/11724882616.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ba69ed4607ae489375490bc9b108438/xuzabepuxuvuvifemo.pdf
    • https://raiporjai.com/piceditor/file/bokore.pdf
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/036a13eff1208dfacbdc73672f3ea132/pivafi.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ce4d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE4D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e65f.bin
5394b96a841be469ed8088abd40e690b0dcfbba53ee2e4c72764ab2cec3502d1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE65F 16560 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011150.bin
345d097e4a40473517bfd60a91e4924f98beb99df2fbdf2085305a656e1cbae5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11150 10956 bytes