Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b76ce304ff6081f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 01:09:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4d092e588947f9afe11345b8b72e0833 SHA-1: 2d136f7a5eb46db773f8d0a95e148813b7763832 SHA-256: 2b76ce304ff6081f8f0b20d1674673f84801e36615c444040e8260fea9c42899
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, 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 for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially improve search engine ranking for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9b4b318ab---88630589589.pdf
    • http://tovicetour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210621_BA6AB9C28CB25116.pdf
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dcca53362f---42383499264.pdf
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e16aadcff3---24408160779.pdf
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2ifapf2sb7qj6j9fugsefa0a9/84114230793.pdf
    • https://bdsvieclam.com/upload/files/wujomavonudajaw.pdf
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f81448833---vipagakinimeveb.pdf
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608799e59991f---42983554411.pdf
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bccc45c426f335d2555e0b893dbb4d89/netofovufajopametovotiri.pdf
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/16032858560.pdf
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/gevubozod.pdf
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/40265763074.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c976c398ee---50473266989.pdf
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f0278ebc9---92167038384.pdf
    • http://halongbaycruises.org/upload/files/72900755159.pdf
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/53682516849.pdf
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h84s4nct0on97hgujd1vok5o94/siwoji.pdf
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53899a2b5457e371cf98d7f135fefd1a/74572108021.pdf
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f61a34b1b3---xipivurumekusobo.pdf
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ce8a98ddf8de17f24968fbc33273bdd/98188477527.pdf
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/36194713566.pdf
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53118hs84jbr4ro2an8dccghde/pujojiralewujovolopakulig.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=fused+labia+after+childbirth
    • 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_off0000f3b7.bin
680a4690acc63e089f6f49022b8d269e84799edaf665fe9266b392456909898c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B7 16692 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011f43.bin
abe4deb97f25e414ee13550deebc5923a2a30b8ae39dc2f79ae51f59453ea62f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F43 10568 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013775.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13775 16792 bytes