Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b156e43453de948…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 15:30:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a530b5e2a5a4e9b7206ebc55ff5ac1b6 SHA-1: 27465dedd3a86721ca30c3adffca87208ba04366 SHA-256: 1b156e43453de948b0daa57073110902efd6be29ad657ab8c7e204b0260477ab
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was identified as malicious by a ClamAV signature and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm with multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is used to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://ugyvednok.hu/userfiles/file/5968050585.pdf
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5n2vbc291gj9mbj1khfq1hfe5v/23580557915.pdf
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b4188a081---dubikitizuwizewetikokesar.pdf
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7qvg7s0srfavr22l19ac6palg5/95603385788.pdf
    • https://alzubidi.com/userfiles/files/fobinefafi.pdf
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/suresipixobuka.pdf
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f3c3c8955f---dareve.pdf
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929ee7a1434---28575894620.pdf
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents//files/pomagojivofifabu.pdf
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/73143963122.pdf
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf221e9d15032cc296bcd0041ce1163a/72590179076.pdf
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3af1c98f5---fepomajuzagi.pdf
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lqo3otfff86ps49a66u2gsqiks/49937743675.pdf
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/tilifinogekunadogodiluf.pdf
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///73092777318.pdf
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a2c94763f7640054349fd6ac52d4c42/43520386572.pdf
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c55c56e15---xizesitenumega.pdf
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097dd43e9322---ravirubigaxag.pdf
    • http://cherishedmomentphotos.com/clients/8/84/84fe84b553acfcd191e166b7401b6f02/File/393109533.pdf
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c08732e3a---dopoma.pdf
    • http://gursakaryahukuk.com/images/file/7580467562.pdf
    • https://autotrans911.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/32325744000.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ghost+of+christmas+past+quotes+and+analysis
    • 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_off00010815.bin
d1905498eb1ef5d9ce90582967859988cb87f789f1e4b48422cd019dfcf6f483
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10815 17828 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000136ac.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136AC 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014ec3.bin
a8a75636203b0200a056b7a4214d0fe9c2222bed06f5065d5f155e117a59699e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EC3 11284 bytes