Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 297073c8e37888f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 21:13:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a27346f913b89b98b038cfeb5f89999c SHA-1: c503be5f2170057e7c16025aa1a7f3abdfd7f854 SHA-256: 297073c8e37888f137a27c6328ff2525deb35df2837853b741c1345f0656fe78
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites for phishing or further exploitation. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is the attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bthugvtt5g30309t4s090dbkiu/jikadoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe2cc23397a88f44a7be51cc7eae10fc/35512760203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/184909bd6efa579abb52b6eb66d16ac8/53686483544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jt8rjesrmmg3pjtbn53l1l09ah/4200389621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b994a60795eb195bd06a8bb85e89dd6a/tilarudenatiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb89u05gie31apdetscc85e3tc/julov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldnaturalfood.com/image/upload/File/ruzuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f201d72e3---tevewibivipekiriluzug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/pifolilosizutijawofana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecedb66e0e7---sudaxosuvaxokuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/sejivitasanasegikota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birsamundapark.in/userfiles/files/xupiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b817f8ec770---90442980423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-30/20210630085501973786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095a504b1833---fumako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26779005534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7m6l9gh4c6ouk7b2dl8stmv96n/62698049268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/167ee4167b14781fc5bf768851c2e36b/183904693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szymonadamczyk.pl/uploads/fck/file/56793296565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cebf2f5d1a75685fb6b18b855a72a04/ditixowanowajuxepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ec3e90339---pivirukesonedupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/dotijemugonowen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edaef1672d7de952a53b351ab3a5b1cc/zegigivewatibof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jdhs77.com/clients/58520/File/famusetijulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=2.77+acres+in+bighaPDF 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_off0000ed56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED56 17068 bytes
SHA-256: f74f6b119748761ad1d27afdd595f51cab9d9e0e14eba86b11204afa360db72a
font_01_sfnt_off000119ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119CE 10524 bytes
SHA-256: a554ee899219193c66c0d63d93a8c7270e208010e4fb286cef2263341e96217c
font_02_sfnt_off000131be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1