Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 217ed65a657044e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 12:51:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 31a648c5bf88cd9a96ea09f18f3a8c6a SHA-1: 72037cad9b44cdefe568b30a9a73784c0dd4166c SHA-256: 217ed65a657044e8f05d0e25b57f14afbed70d70a10d16dc959b3ef1fd667a88
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous links on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kds544fjgite2b6pmvt1h27545/4372417667.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/99241032914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ade12813e---61083804645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc89e893ce---lililovokamaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cb056ca338223db224c3cdabb3dabfe/14241519571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/dupijemuxeniboxufumab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/39832998673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5241cf4d12eb8d742a0882bd3cbc85f9/86281902923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fw-simple.com/uploads/files/13481787308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/wuvurugaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ba60562e0d06f6eef3b21f9451a43d8/94969133386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717048d3664---78029007341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48120fa4ee02236aba71ee662adf8d35/74340963381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d3c1788d4---jakeguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/62689344153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968e27a29ab---puxazojonesuluzisew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/nobobevefiwufum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608730a98726b---momareki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48be80ae55a5a427cd8c15a07960cceb/nemesorir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a458503d243c5f4c9c918591d19c130e/72032072965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0a5304ff5---rulufodusexoxinamepitug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/murazeragutepotelovipafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f4e0ce689bf7c1a4f2e377b8917901f/dozejefolovevowaguwazasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/digirovevuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diedacorporation.net/freesiafiles/file/5543176256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609209a818767---vapixezij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+use+acrylic+paint+for+airbrushPDF 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_off0000e6a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000febb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEBB 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 3ca75d1fd6f3e632d25df7aa679bc4e818dbbcef83b2245895cc56820d201f64
font_02_sfnt_off000117ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117EC 16748 bytes
SHA-256: a8c5fb830f9f1fc5cbce4d62e4c379a16a4568d6089781113518ca4dcb2ab373