Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1217bb53dfb9ed3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:04:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: be30d0d2a61de702f7a7b3e895921acd SHA-1: 584614a5ff2049097fb55b3828040818131f21ac SHA-256: 1217bb53dfb9ed3d31ae25d465890d55b2511fc5ea768cabb4293196ad5f876f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm or distribution mechanism. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc3ebc155889bc6602f6252f9067cc42/jojawobefu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.org/ressource/site-image/files/8314469127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/16154577549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50536bfb04---8304327371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2f673a045---50173867533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/pebif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/958e3b4b573208a51f490c20c0fe4839/68936953404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mpti.ru/userfiles/file/zobib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propactionvehiclesuk.tv/userfiles/files/26777757131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12c919cd72---siwoxagudosodonop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tolltisztitas.eu/userfiles/files/xitiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721abe9221d---27322656240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boyanbolyarski.com/userfiles/file/9240654135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa8fb0ba7b---50334413697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5ca63e23a---zulosaforuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cafefe9c0c6---70478726616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210430134913167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28d4f477d9---kevamukukosixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7f5e19dd0728f81041b1bb0da254153/79127980226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5jfotic375cor1bq6udfrhfmt/79692867822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carlaschroyen.com/content_docs/95384034148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb74e2c19c---regenepojezuganilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regimhotelierbucuresti.com/images/userfiles/vedivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/kibaduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a63b52279b7---jobisimevolaxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/xumelewamukomunamamawuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=six+sigma+green+belt+questions+and+answers+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_off00010f74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F74 11492 bytes
SHA-256: e905f5b789e376671e4a910f1379384706b1f7801038528accbd3fcf511e1f03
font_01_sfnt_off000129f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014203.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14203 17348 bytes
SHA-256: f660df27c5407beed8a3d81dc3780ebe2711c698144bcf586be989a3fc1f28f8