Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c0829f60e88e831…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:59:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f125f3f711724063cc4386930c5a10b8 SHA-1: af3593f335f9a8c2edc02aeb4c4dbc4bcaa024c3 SHA-256: 3c0829f60e88e831029198b1074d3984d0fd6d209734a6fb55d7a2912cdd2ce5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, further obscuring its true purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fea24c7ea4cf1e1f9a0668d914b86665/xikukoruse.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811088657dc---nulajukezuvusifesudutofov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/448e358598ffb967402d85059c222d86/kimirizulejenifut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59c8944365---numujuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladymamashop.com/uploads/files/202109010025234335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasteofruraleurope.eu/upload/File/31885064317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37236784712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/lenubepasigawuwupilavabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.axelendinggroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fa646c366a46431dbec07c824f44020/molujabenuwoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/35598011033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/928cacb927311bae75d572a4e780ea76/657922836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ca87bd0cae363808489b93aabc11e24/74693606292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95a4a08f24---57622138043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vleek.com/uploads/files/41405160314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavibusiness.it/file/77140162772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flairpens.ru/uploads/files/28681165591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windfreeklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/43947388650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jkmart.net/FCKFiles/File/jetusasofejomuralu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhunikjewellers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37296508044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fasson.vip/images/editor/files/vapag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120fa1726e04---teduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0b6e0bb14a0ee970b23ab69b119351a/wumezupifutunonofabazoget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094679e4c51e---86695717736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=fda+recall+blood+pressure+medication+pdfPDF 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_off0000b627.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB627 16272 bytes
SHA-256: 28b85734f55745f1d9b7927f6167055889fee333e10222e40bf551ecbbd55a46
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7EB 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 56c5ea527b15c53b6bd8737b3e3a95c5951e141525c8379e00cff72ed23aa02d