Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 379465e15d1a0449…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:06:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7d98c18cfd228f279079f3f197f3e387 SHA-1: 2297a32cd58e844ee95ea1f5d31115de82a190ff SHA-256: 379465e15d1a0449cb8228eb2e47674de4106a9ba1a1002f2e6b4ad5100095bb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of links pointing to various compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to leverage SEO or compromised infrastructure to host malicious content or redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ars9uuhlmic8rnsvqbrpcvviv/25703939118.pdf
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb53db3bed---19904305564.pdf
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/57439439008.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/9553206294.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a4965b9df6d4efc09476ba8971ec832/27791469764.pdf
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qtrouorq9lo76q88c3oa85mvle/tiwigozigupokonisoxu.pdf
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/68378532901.pdf
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f63d7b6fd---batikefevajiviwadizaluxi.pdf
    • http://grodgolf.com/clients/f/fd/fd83fa7079552abb47853a85229f74c1/File/66843470256.pdf
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15dcf40651487bd4b8bb275fce874fc3/65553373829.pdf
    • http://tapestry.cz/images/file/files/pegepesedoxomirafima.pdf
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/47858727775.pdf
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0e0f1cb31---risikadegulutaxomuruvura.pdf
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210513022923.pdf
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb2f9134f02---98129458281.pdf
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/pewefez.pdf
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8kj5jtq9i965t2fcr97c3a33q5/80878458584.pdf
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/powupamopemevek.pdf
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8h713c1ie2n9drcvc0mkd8i6s/18701656959.pdf
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160975ec3eef97---rinejapixukinine.pdf
    • https://divinesacredshakti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72052396591f75651e18077bee27307c/82822172068.pdf
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/68027971012.pdf
    • http://nsk-nalogov.net/upload/files/zerinabuzegijexusa.pdf
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e4fa5a4a9515cae287d20c108163914/38688724004.pdf
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/zoxaj.pdf
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/104fe8262354b513b2116c0fbac2a340/makovevamu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=physical+and+chemical+oceanography
    • 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_off00010617.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10617 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011e2e.bin
38ca3b4669e6668726082ba14780da422863d6822721d2f03851da3deece632c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E2E 10980 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013738.bin
57d0dd6331d6f2a361e2a0371871f0e080946b8b7c1456550dc62d9a8fdd7a9e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13738 16696 bytes