Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 287c7cd0b3f0ace0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 20:08:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 76f971ce9873b9d8cfc4ec87d8734aa8 SHA-1: 77ac3879720972c1a9d2348cbc8533144c5a3feb SHA-256: 287c7cd0b3f0ace04a66db85bc48b12d165011fde63e1ae53a41ca499fdb3004
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users into downloading further malicious content or engaging in phishing activities. The presence of multiple unknown PDF URLs suggests a broad distribution or redirection strategy.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a133c7f2fe---59680545130.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://coopmong.com/ckupload/files/50118173210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/30876012987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/94590464318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/vosexupujazutusamurep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740ae4c9260---37837255276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/zuzanasiwopepaxiwixuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/nubiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079df096d6f0---92055669828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vunisobom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085581ba8a2d---madilirolemetomawemafoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steelbo.com/uploads/admins/u0/files/20210601235252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/to5ds2ehri1efg00a4l3nnuevt/dijilotafovamedewazoxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiares.com/clients/f/f0/f03dfc1790708d0b03c48e9879ef2ea6/File/bomutojirusabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/topeduxazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887567b1230---62852338869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1c215c90d---kiwedanowavunubudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ce1d43c278caa1b7120dc454ed02584/62065402130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roughriders66.com/clients/f/fa/fa96273273f04fd2a06feef12b1e4d70/File/sotimexojevovuzojum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaff6b0725fdf62a674170918fa83253/pufujodukuriluki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafemsoffice.com/userfiles/files/juseti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limblength-sldf.com/userfiles/file/damosamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/202458752160cd4174cab55.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ropesadventure.com/d/files/81923509811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=spined+chaos+beast+40kPDF 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_off0000c5e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5E0 16304 bytes
SHA-256: e6aa9d4995faf99d70fe64ca16de810b7b699d3abd6963052b438260fa6950b1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107DC 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 268aed40cdea3b7ac019ae60d9115d8b41325bc6711d4a57309f8ff160ae3fe1