Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 107feaa28097a9b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:05:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 33602598385d54f70cad4bdbce7c38fc SHA-1: 9c6cc3761e5d25263635730e532482e51c4c1fba SHA-256: 107feaa28097a9b50a51401cffc49a60f9ade9b113e42ed75097c3c99cc18ee6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This suggests a multi-stage attack, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095dccd3dab9---gewuporofidoxa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/65101229126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodez.com/pliki/file/77220025269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5f6c629ea---fovozifisuwubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86476355864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsydesign.com/userfiles/jws/files/karewijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98hfdnunvndo96fd7q1e725p3h/dozuvizelap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zanikenorajotijojepetil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps.org/userfiles/files/30650672717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56260c0417f692a6037a364e4d133173/70585121665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125fb8ecf2c5---wifijuzomegibiwalax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073cb72d7f69---26960983126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/jewav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862ca7bf725---dizofoveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ebenisterie-burette.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65674757150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/vadorawupuzuzumifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/demazemuxavadozuniro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607959e49e32e---rabavatedis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badoza.net/userfiles/file/giwatapasupufuderuxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98e8910838fd9a7f53eb54685fa5976e/pavawisazuvafuwudidub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c62bb4572a9---pupaporilojizoburuvowajus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36d82e1c36003ab2a5e535efc9d611be/mopoluvulano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5dee6b24a0---51703223523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c79be58673---45128537278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=plant+response+to+biotic+and+abiotic+stress+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_off00017dbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17DBE 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 5f64b44a6a007d3d223ef256113853ecc332c58de40a55494e0ee89eef29af40
font_01_sfnt_off0001965a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1965A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001ae6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AE6C 21136 bytes
SHA-256: 6b0e997a1cf513b52135e7fb1e363605600d186a8ac06e51d3675caebcbb57ab