Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4157f34bb3401d9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:08:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 653f0004a3acb201018390f5e30c3764 SHA-1: 0e55a8b7421975a76c7841adfe0d7bf464e52d8a SHA-256: 4157f34bb3401d9eda0c9ffed70d2d2a93306997956e773655226934d881e242
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing vulnerable plugins like 'formcraft' and 'super-forms' for file uploads. These links are structured as a link farm, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a7bec393e6---daxelafajebesibixefa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/dokikasatoxuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawoka.com/userfiles/file/1703003188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d499d77094b4e71866025d54d22d13a/gebejenewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1cc0d3d719---namapakelev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/ziposiraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benedictinoselrosal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wijuzaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d8e6b97d869f88626aaf768b64af216/puxuvipamizadinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbce48dd2b---taziki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artstudiodesign.it/userfiles/files/36460425485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/mifevirawipisewamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b71d792e51262e0cc8169f8066108b94/24714490529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff1089a783---buwivig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/47337624483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c00beb3559b---mumolegefafane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retco.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pitapidokegewexiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tims.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67067983035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/66723607768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18d171e2d1---78604828730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/janimidaduwifoxuzuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bharatdarshan.net/rgroup/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vojuxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8c3fa6220---jowizageviwevesekutadet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d65d85b6a7---75709218902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/000c8ca1ffb9f13503720976f3f116bb/91519963414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portalbime.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/85354139105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=order+of+operations+pemdas+worksheets+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000dda1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B8 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 8c055ad7b28e61df1f50e023a10e2692ca76bcdd7d3e5f88b9ee70caff5d819c
font_02_sfnt_off00010f44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F44 17896 bytes
SHA-256: f8cd5dae117c21f37801b15517d894353c8a2eefe5caee13dbdf8fbbe654b6fc