Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1faae64379a4ba39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:54:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 76adec58d2fca52efec57043d686bfe9 SHA-1: 66ddd0557e3c7bbb7d5a02f1c44f9fff01e4eaee SHA-256: 1faae64379a4ba39a270478d4376b4d92d8d0f8c122fb9e7c3d7611ce7146af8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or phishing sites. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis are sufficient to determine the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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://vnsteeldetailing.com/UserFiles/files/takowarokoxepa.pdf
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/tositasegilezaxe.pdf
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v04goc3acor61q7elil1obloo8/86504742459.pdf
    • http://fw-simple.com/uploads/files/xurolesomumatuxo.pdf
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bea3k44fe2vjc4kkfj0joa0pvb/12393980111.pdf
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2726823bf5---sapakeselol.pdf
    • http://tv-kitchen.ru/files/files/98707036684.pdf
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad819680cd1---57719308745.pdf
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67bb510064d5c5dce2ae5f02252d8557/22113959789.pdf
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a8b4daccea5816e84d97e316fd78e25/memibutuzubi.pdf
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/besanowojanavipepiwejuv.pdf
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/likezuzunumigo.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dac9659c44e51de8f322d0231a9e1b7b/36126659543.pdf
    • http://hpworld.hu/data/pic/Image/file/76285746267.pdf
    • http://medizator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54223320967.pdf
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a432e6661f04832acd475091f391417/10975051213.pdf
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/zamerokewesapital.pdf
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/lefufixevubolemomede.pdf
    • http://lachambredechos.com/userfiles/file/74549092507.pdf
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce84b175e9---zafupezomu.pdf
    • https://wcfkenzi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jotaxewaw.pdf
    • https://imagebuzz.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/renos.pdf
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7199a26b0---49110590663.pdf
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16101164930f89---futifajazogasusikixema.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=el+materialismo+historico+dialectico+pdf
    • 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_off0000b5bf.bin
cc27e84cc27fed63a159d412efa9a8c2cd90f11d57031c2c80a841646a50b30d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5BF 10764 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce73.bin
c832d7b629b43c205939e93a41ea098d5a0589186a8edf557557d59853c8aca4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE73 15324 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f44e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF44E 16792 bytes