Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0da76244849e538f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-07-20 01:17:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 28feb87729bea808f1f5fea96088b694 SHA-1: bc354000c16029870bf6272d7dfb2ebd41c9a85f SHA-256: 0da76244849e538f8ebe465d887666e061b175c73e2844011fde396a37e1c54a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious or compromised sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of link farm techniques and external URI firings supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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 https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/87016148945.pdf
    • https://www.kcequipment.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad6c36bf9bab2d566534bdb334a3ef01/romifomuxagukuki.pdf
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/95398980984.pdf
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a403ef81f78---19147255400.pdf
    • https://a5productions.com/home/a5pro/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gakajotidole.pdf
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce204056ca6---xidixadaze.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895d835813f---38074420593.pdf
    • http://emailreceptionist.net/userfiles/file/dogomonakifuxegosol.pdf
    • http://eyupsifalibitkiler.com/resimler/files/22196820931.pdf
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1cf4e0414---tekapuribi.pdf
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d0073232e---78495936024.pdf
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/66763484468.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8dfefadc3e---63816254222.pdf
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf2af1d0ce---24763362628.pdf
    • http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/rawitemogasesotovuwaw.pdf
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8db1f03dceabaaacf7248980ac227ff8/vutokixaxepovev.pdf
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/14886252415.pdf
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862061258db---86632433911.pdf
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c16123471---regusuranimexuviwo.pdf
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097878ea7a7c---kikitipupelo.pdf
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b152c03be672ec638aef6b2612d48f45/femofofano.pdf
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bed8776d3e1a7ac05f762e628fefcde/nelelowojegonizenikalaf.pdf
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/xerozadaxofaredirogobozo.pdf
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765729b51fd---tepapobiduzesumifilubuw.pdf
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3520an55meuqqr0j1jksunics/togebivemugep.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=readiness+for+enhanced+knowledge
    • 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_off0001071d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1071D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011f2f.bin
ac4bfeb2584229ba0b228cbd75acd93ec280c4bd5c7287635487daedb09192d5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F2F 18172 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014e50.bin
a65708979d8dcd6157c274cdd6ee76b67cdb274a8a9d5e526d2f5eadf72addcb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E50 10880 bytes