Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0de863ceabc4d193…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.6 KB Created: 2021-07-16 08:56:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cc6c350474ccbd077c4a924ca1321e61 SHA-1: 0aaf0d29682e1943d1d00a960133bdb323e9002b SHA-256: 0de863ceabc4d1931d0f836ed1e03976ac4113d3e018c033345e745cf4c77d18
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing the 'super-forms' plugin for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised infrastructure suggests a tactic to obscure the ultimate destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69hdkemif1v6h916iu21q2qibu/33375772488.pdf
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a050eeb536a---gosun.pdf
    • http://ceskylakros.cz/userfiles/file/25302119528.pdf
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/61562526881.pdf
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b91fc449a847cf28c830bd57bc580ba/88929808172.pdf
    • http://halmar.info/userfiles/file/gepedesig.pdf
    • http://christopherspubandgrille.com/userfiles/files/12156034111.pdf
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/xibefalaxuvixusi.pdf
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8722564e5cd1c14f61ecd05e7404178/8297374595.pdf
    • http://cablexconsulting.com/Upload/file/87602866996.pdf
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/magagojizibawu.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74nboaa7ta34s7707fkucjg1p0/69725389092.pdf
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog//file/zazorugirumilop.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e67cd9e462f205ff08123bf92379923/7470871545.pdf
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vsq6nvmnranl06vuqe4uhon7mj/xewizobofojawolubugokud.pdf
    • http://eternoohydro.com/d/files/jakibulepaki.pdf
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/7554453884.pdf
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/tidisatalujos.pdf
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9afe0a05a4---tiliruxatogufinabod.pdf
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u6to0utoj2f2q7uls99khk2mhh/70484728651.pdf
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9bbbf4f1c1f4a56190c2ef46992d4b1/jofatitu.pdf
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db993b2b3c---5652553096.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=insane+clown+posse+the+amazing+jeckel+brothers+songs
    • 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_off000115a3.bin
c266510d5150d0659ef933f497c0d543e2b169b7f74293eebbbe63cfb413ad31
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115A3 11280 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012fbd.bin
237860fd90f7fe86d68a17cca47f636f22594bb8e4aadf102aee584b9bfd1c8e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FBD 17084 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015cd7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CD7 16792 bytes