Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3277018316f48ce8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 14:42:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 79498acf9195b1524af4289ea7ea8dab SHA-1: bd204fc049693bdaaefad877f2858e4c77470020 SHA-256: 3277018316f48ce8b30616d6d633e0414a2df6b5a8984a2250b88363ab428a13
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating maliciousness. The 'SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE' heuristic suggests the document instructs the user to copy and paste content into a command-line context, a common technique for executing malicious commands. The presence of numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting further supports a malicious intent, likely to distribute further stages of malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be04c43300e103494fcbbda24066f513/xefekedijijebejipir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://studio-september.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0a9a6e22bcb07f95b273439941e49b3/95167007467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aviseco.ro/userfiles/file/68221461200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16070fb96885bc---maxukuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c0af55b97---69411951684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f18fbbcee---89640239845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/gefipafolipevuxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ed647c99c7d5a866e83b91d56ee635b/kutikuvupiruxiniril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d909fe35f0e2ef478eeeb863e294ed72/78148586409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rmlthtg8sbpq7n4n1jjcd2uvto/59146091014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77d58cb4b92ab9d5669bea03768ba8bf/81410548653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2907734249ba069ca87110e27aaec4cc/pudisupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f7ddf10be157b27025abf99dd7880f9/xoduronadefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/jopojala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acff4babe44---86103866750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhr7fdbhqnoj45lnv8qgjag0no/dodiferak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0abd98565---kopevadasagelejujabufewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bbe1e555be7a3442678af0126c1d733/72834077699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-2/20210502152115736364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmealocalpainter.com/insurazon/admin/userfiles/file/puvekepuxegaguwosazuvitam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25d19234bf678d854b2e2f8361a984c8/7174828646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cgfealqjioq0521f7t4abn88l5/98364873297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/xuzikabolavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=check+current+branch+gitPDF 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_off0000ea7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010290.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10290 16784 bytes
SHA-256: e350b28d2c74379228ecd730ce2ce2661eb8dd4a58203623a29bbbd1d4eb73dd
font_02_sfnt_off00012e8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E8E 10536 bytes
SHA-256: a2423f00b0551612012ece504d4caf52ea3c7d62ad9c6e4c98139d7287f39527