Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b2e490d2d336eaa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 11:57:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a0c0a5fd42e46f927f95484009d2b294 SHA-1: 98db8881b61b382fa50e1d5b63445ac9384ca651 SHA-256: 1b2e490d2d336eaa6222216341776814b0f0208ba75e9cd07b446932eca8b2a6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a lure to enable macros or editing, indicating it is likely a dropper for further malicious content. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting suggests an attempt to distribute malware through various channels. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Macro/content-enable lure medium SE_ENABLE_LURE
    Document instructs the user to enable macros or editing — a common technique used by malware droppers to bypass Office macro security settings
  • 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://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/54168670599.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/92015021121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757629c6e41---21923878899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambredhotes-savoie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89344659555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/80751766780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/58853043095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7516e522fbe84c2598e936de8836b50/98097655522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wchs65.org/clients/b/bb/bb65574a37642f7fe3135935df861e67/File/97396985004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/fujixagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1623188265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b373727b44c---82211150736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmhu.eu/uploads/uplib/file/palobepoxusutenevulop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/fodovupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e3737cda5749af5830fee081f68e4aa/bosog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c09f1b6a5ad9d29631c334ff936608c6/dutojuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607815e357182---fuxosono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69b2df40ad21b59e75efda2ad64a6e02/xibisusirudimoluzumofal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/gufumav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf5955ddc9d---vegilazijedogenilepid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tb8jss9ticaflf8occd0g3tf88/sujaxetemoxanis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/87660334469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rotudavid.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83777075116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=split+and+merge+pdf+softwarePDF 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_off000102cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ae2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AE2 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 6e299da34d060d4b9d2cd14cd9229144886e3475031d940b7b79b970fa4f4171
font_02_sfnt_off0001343c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1343C 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 23195d019d3246a391ebda4c8e9e8fe8d6d105c07c7880d47c47a396b1dc595f