Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 224ff70b6e85b900…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 21:52:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: cf90a3de4f58bb67a1a1f1b5feb69baf SHA-1: 54b00bd8cd4e23d61eebe6c25c99ba0382af4bfb SHA-256: 224ff70b6e85b900ad58845a0df573545d48a77c2ee1428aba1a98e00e83107a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous compromised websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or use WordPress upload vulnerabilities. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine results or lead users to phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://helloslow.com/data/userfiles/files/52185230580.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d51e4e6ee---sovizorabewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vi3rf7dfp27et42m6utof2em90/52864677184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotocaroli.it/userfiles/files/50460040275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/36447165878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uniqrelation.com/userfiles/file/pamewimabutiveganor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c5aa51606a---9723974078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///bifofikufeketaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrislahoda.ca/userfiles/file/39977148484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf4e2c215f3---bekobafoxorapazex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hkbk4dncsl7irajpc8at3iergi/dewibowukebigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyvenus.it/userfiles/files/bavawop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca9a84a0bd---pagojeditatab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/05/10/file/20210510_190952_110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haphadoor.com/upload/files/xibefofikunurikur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compsult.net/userfiles/file/40227282212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pipotekebujejunanomuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be517d4b578---zopotuvowowakaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blevy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20745710500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25bf004b335e9273143d77d32e72a99d/gofuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/tuwanimetanoditonixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/tewabewalubefowixokamuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/mijisogenoliratojujinofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2mg574s9ppvj00hod3qtcgpjqm/97227962228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=sql+stored+procedure+transactionPDF 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_off00012669.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12669 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013e80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E80 10828 bytes
SHA-256: a10e904e0832c00d39eb49e73163c8190bdf778ca403742ec1f65b3ac822abce
font_02_sfnt_off00015756.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15756 18108 bytes
SHA-256: 02ea3a69cdcc10837ed0ed4ba1a24a47b656cce77dde8c5d13650bb2ec324523