Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 186d2c97e832d3da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-07-25 23:04:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b644be6046f5e92eb3e50f0ebeb255ac SHA-1: a5ca11423ab20d82e62628a36062513ecb88f109 SHA-256: 186d2c97e832d3daa140c6ff0dac009c3d7fc4749b3738fcb80856bd289540c1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to phish users or lead them to malicious content. The presence of numerous links suggests a link farm designed to distribute traffic or host malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/bitepalixipezaluz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dd124d50fa37f8ad7f422dc91442c4d/gojoludunegukazasujizes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1961.com/clients/7/71/7137ee3fbd99c17d296746b31d66a47b/File/95316385087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruntbudowa.pl/files/file/53154909947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palet-school.com/files/files/vobuluwusawerubite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/vivigevexupulekazerulat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohstigers66.com/clients/d/da/da15611725e7ba20b6827cbf2e24f87d/File/zipaluzunibudemodiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://p99.tw/pro_pic/files/jevebifabojokak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/21743586184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95d3213edc---libivanede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eths1967.org/clients/6/6b/6b000f7c2bca5b3a89f93fde6b54c5e6/File/450570593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/67513828673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1780126e48---51555897573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8038d13d2---35881680563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-3/20210503141911995396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc9e81af1a5---nenomon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d40e50e588b511b7501dcff0aa766dad/55497203488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a2c8db2db7---11375605783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e370926ca4d---nisedadukubupej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c45604c8b33---bavesowaroma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa2003ae42b1fc855a525e10cf81de2d/95922682451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a547a26b842---mapubuxolawipifiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retrofitoman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74172897365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodline.by/userfiles/file/19888442341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everettsbarbque.com/clients/b/b0/b0b566c85bab127526a414587b81487f/File/98048377800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e07c8100ea3f79bd6f8ede15fba8703b/39639817526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puppies-4u.com/clients/e/e7/e7f09595da74c05d2059c741134300d2/File/bukivezodabitutiboguluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=math+quiz+for+grade+6+with+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_off00010f65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F65 16876 bytes
SHA-256: 6e878d58bfa595fd6a400afc18f8d93d54e3006f85727cbff2b2910e31e18ec7
font_01_sfnt_off00013b9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B9F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000153b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153B6 11284 bytes
SHA-256: bf68b0dd56b42ebd1e96cc08e72e8557c2d439c9a1f72b5fa2e0211ec3c9e58d