Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 283686e234c54818…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 08:41:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7d62d2682246d64da66b2e0028ffa10a SHA-1: 4f2e2be3a0f4d28265efd5884408b6aba804ad4e SHA-256: 283686e234c5481837b9c183915b6d8f63d3e0b59af8bf2daf22af5742d6ee34
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The primary goal appears to be redirecting users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery, aligning with the Spearphishing Attachment technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4f9e9f604---93160743463.pdf
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6afa5f48d72fd726510de366dcaca7dc/kitolidozuzawosidatufosut.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750315d97da---24777812619.pdf
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/vutidux.pdf
    • http://theonejsc.com/userfiles/file/74516083872.pdf
    • http://sunarfactory.com/userfiles/files/wubaj.pdf
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609260d20153d---55850224439.pdf
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/3772634785.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779d0ea9309---matalekajosumaten.pdf
    • http://palami.by/images/file/debevijigixatatepipimazex.pdf
    • http://app8itebarandgrill.com/admin/images/file/fumut.pdf
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607966b81ec8e---79865132408.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05e6c66e4a---dirifu.pdf
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47023c1624---58509533270.pdf
    • http://geombiagioschettino.eu/userfiles/files/79976088226.pdf
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf7994a982---fuguxosopunukosajoz.pdf
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aff838ec558---lowomepuzaroraxiz.pdf
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a524577463d6dceaf8a2aed87ab94b75/70389292325.pdf
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608130bf80b61---buxexifagedogerabilolele.pdf
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcvt747oa1hf0d9cqq7umoiqn1/zogogisudopunoposijomo.pdf
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/redomixaguxijagasowa.pdf
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bcc2a9fb6d---nexememejebumezulapij.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dc1fdb86ff65f3fa1b1f7ee9060c35a/35102107390.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=manual+of+photography+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_off0000ddf2.bin
0ebbeebf167bea4a84f3d1a1992425c7ec16a781d84d0e9d0f8085033ab68a6b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDF2 16976 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a02.bin
ceb76f320baefa9836accd7de2015a2fd46fad5d2c2513e20ba6b20f9450d241
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A02 10592 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000121f1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F1 16792 bytes