Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bbf5469cbc1dbb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.9 KB Created: 2021-05-26 03:51:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b6b80f06789cd858a42c775f2c201ebb SHA-1: e979ecd5c91dae8cc41aa03d06fb51c469066b6b SHA-256: 1bbf5469cbc1dbb1cd0109d6e7b70b694194bb16b2a410c37f2c9c16acfb3b0d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing the FormCraft plugin for file uploads. These URLs are indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d7d5c37c0---latojurowob.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1c0276e5c---gijapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a9372abbc---benaxiramusudujuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ccdae2323---81850685317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/kefakexori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7ebeb9992256156fe759f01cb1508a6/zoxisolofipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a455de3b9de---84878745584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607289c5aa5c2---70824241802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjoeuqt22shaesv9ie5jubt73i/roxulolukitisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad7092d346d---nifosetewugetosepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kddaqfadjio506hl7md5603jpj/vumudexazajutex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/14859820755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1d5c928af8d4ed436d1ed1af944d20a/sujubobelamuxepefura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ecd4060aa---40006572955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081508815cb6---moxawusozobexeziwumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saammohaseb.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dbc22cac5d74e5c21090984a1d1c3d4/jinitavizat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e823a6558e9e813b04eac205cd4ecd07/wokitem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomeforeclosure.org/images/file/bodeliwip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=examen+de+admisi%25C3%25B3n+san+marcos+pdf+sin+resolver+area+cPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00016a7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A7E 5524 bytes
SHA-256: e5c8759ede233707755b8438bf3fb24d6a97e77c0edd45a4244040c5dd06f33c
font_01_sfnt_off00017cfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17CFD 14596 bytes
SHA-256: fff8b2267823c7c4b149b923b9e7016fcd27039c9e0cd1797cf667357dbcb17c