Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 130427ce9023ad46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-07-14 09:22:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c8b8a64dd0276814ff5c9986bb463c41 SHA-1: d25c07ab08b0682299d4f33f8b870ed78d9612c7 SHA-256: 130427ce9023ad4641d7889f80c824ab5f4a70f8b16b92ba192c304d29ce0b12
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. Heuristics indicate this is a link farm on disposable hosting, designed to obscure the ultimate destination. ClamAV and ML classifiers confirm its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure for phishing or to distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e86df9a16146fc5ab6ab3d077d80059c/lesotalub.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b592fe8d76c58a4c6952a2bdfedc88a2/novezogalerapusakugaxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p74j2ua5g5pqs8l8jnt31pd4fe/fizozujomemosiwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb8ed9710e---29502676869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/81220672608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ba3d2470cc9b94064af799227a3d198/94270803348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5ngede34batsh4o3k7fim1ish/vuwidagagajitavukaruba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/xekepevejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodchemsino.com/d/files/40968181577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enotecagaribaldi.it/userfiles/files/fonawofasizan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/887eb29c2380873cfbc5ff8f698efc7f/81066208154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082020f71178---5189213808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d007a5b4ba---70361196715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160c8e7b73c3a5---26951098710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/fixexazugekotamerugumur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ea3f1362023233295a2bdb3b79d683d/62119826042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8905972835f4482a94feda6ab1efb209/loxureluvimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-park.es/img/uploads/files/kodomowej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoaidn.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40848313739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyadvisersaustralia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58cf58aafe233253000db69be121e3ef/lixotaruforamarabak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geluidsadviesnederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44895411816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c542f48631d---21634413437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d472b312a8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607096b4e1312---wisun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e60688a698a75b9a7acc8f514b9635a/nivewilamugutegazisoxojag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62b1ba575767766e8e0634208dc44d21/75999354341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beefaa65b76---53913662280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=virginia+air+and+space+centerPDF 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_off0000d4db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4DB 17212 bytes
SHA-256: b24f9b5b5a0b34d72032e07fb922b895c635f6469b3bf8f731e63fbdd8a8d170
font_01_sfnt_off000101f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101F6 10492 bytes
SHA-256: ce79661aa13099b63a9e6a240a967978bcf7ee19bb0df4f8e5025b5f7132b48d
font_02_sfnt_off000119c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1