Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 297bdfee0ad809b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

134.1 KB Created: 2021-07-26 09:55:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1689fe4b178ebc5769f95f532beccb05 SHA-1: 597eb4d8b498191af684b4d061b44669c0a1938b SHA-256: 297bdfee0ad809b423b5a576858243ba0f9489be3ff43bb1a0ddbd8e9197ef6a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload URLs suggests a tactic to disguise malicious links within seemingly legitimate but compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad13d27a0bae8229be8d9e039cb40544/majavazapepukipopuzomewob.pdf
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/48189028003.pdf
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ac0d45879---sigifujalavemigonuworaxi.pdf
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a6449af5e---makepe.pdf
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b86deeb363---6498908578.pdf
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/86063358203.pdf
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c5a06dc511---68439952545.pdf
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/91991050837.pdf
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/vafesorazeteledesuwolak.pdf
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb0e7dfef6---46213029760.pdf
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607097ea67d53---55830822892.pdf
    • https://sportsslife.net/upload/ckfinder/files/wiriz.pdf
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/510efaee5184f5d9c8446b18505d9b00/zedasozifenino.pdf
    • https://shoppingplanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bavarun.pdf
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///34563927116.pdf
    • https://deepankarbasu.com/FCKeditor/file/95353776365.pdf
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/mapepafafax.pdf
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b04daec80a---sonatuxid.pdf
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/zogagemimetogivobevuzakor.pdf
    • http://ecilingirler.com/resimler/files/98203363092.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b95268da3f7---64727028802.pdf
    • http://ramenzoni.eu/userfiles/files/gifiwowumukixokofes.pdf
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/bujomojewe.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=emphatic+form+of+verb+examples
    • 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_off0001a7c1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A7C1 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001bfd3.bin
06c7aea0af75f7b0d03bd4d2d0f05c978c289def972ab556deae8e7d2d4bcb5f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BFD3 19200 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001f169.bin
7f885dc28b8807927737219637be849da81e04f0a57d00bc53316278fe0d05aa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F169 10932 bytes