Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 326b06bb54631863…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-18 02:49:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8dd84d170e2cfd1805fc6b8eb29f66b5 SHA-1: 9eed765524b043358098c70f8c94d488a2202302 SHA-256: 326b06bb546318636d1b58beda4d4fa0136445d5e65b9b1e4952efd5cb4a5f8e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host further PDF files. This suggests a multi-stage attack designed to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially distribute phishing content or malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddf7ab22961---25451417709.pdf
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe9acb4b4d---wewusepufazimu.pdf
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/82654079500.pdf
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c174afb96---xurexufozeze.pdf
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96gk19id12t5jat5daikjj0cvv/64631346292.pdf
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eb7b1204d36bf85e78a0de2db6ebdd9/43399449380.pdf
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30e85a53a6---47303213877.pdf
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/53727233079.pdf
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4c3c865ec8---70094747724.pdf
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2uui6aqtbg8hcabuhvb3duib14/70396164535.pdf
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0dce75c66e---sosozifaguxolebu.pdf
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d8eb3c45d---nesujonugutegoxo.pdf
    • https://gsacademy.ge/uploads/files/wuzigexokenelewo.pdf
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/sojebutamidamodezerolep.pdf
    • http://geostudio.eu/userfiles/files/13834813470.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1be6c09481---buxuwag.pdf
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/sikuji.pdf
    • https://24emk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10201953263.pdf
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cu880otcg9jnlq2u5t2d8npv1r/nigewebidorosolowoxesof.pdf
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c17f76878f8---1748406549.pdf
    • http://fertilityupdates.com/userfiles/files/88232598124.pdf
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ababe3c421---36528832770.pdf
    • https://skiclubraonbaccarat.fr/pdf/faxidigogajogafa.pdf
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dca5e042dae---34207467910.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=bulloxer+puppies+for+sale
    • 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_off0000f4dc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4DC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010cf3.bin
cca0749bb7090a1238435f30ce29683664affb4daaaa5d9064c9a180955b9567
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF3 10404 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124a6.bin
78dbd785c474b10d4c5ee501f42eef5e99c7cc7ffaa0e16b29c7cdaee0da941c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124A6 17292 bytes