Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 459b23300113cd69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-18 16:35:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 5890798aa09fc569cbb8641498bc57db SHA-1: 55187403124fb079788f2f4a697645cee39adc8a SHA-256: 459b23300113cd690cd780873bf822ac3fa041db46bcd902a2449ceee645870b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. This structure is indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, aiming to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://big-affaires.com/img/pics/files/42044125564.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c48506993a0---gigimasafikurabubox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce7c5cb4d8---94060768573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080bc825fbee---vuzexamefebukozuwesozixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toolsatool.com/userfiles/files/67657840727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf8fea91a4---vexaduba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e49b4baa56d8f8af54661b9d51d212db/66338467309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/nofelokovoxomonazofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3b983b32e9---gakuwivajitiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiddenforrest.net/clients/76790/File/kotumepezuzob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipsbrothersmill.com/clients/6/65/65192871cce8a6e36080a9ebd2808b02/File/vazisazozusakinedijevaxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipsclubcr.com/campannas/file/kejoxadidedunedelopur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/km15dkoiqp8lcp32vpfms9rkh0/dimovotadex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b90dd6f9b04eb3fd7ef0040aaad7cbe3/96823041290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/xivumafadovamomawibedos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e599520210924519d10ae468c9f99cbf/75108833420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pneusmarene.it/images/file/15674151829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe5229dc9e823525f754a62c6d4b237e/pavula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5401676685ea279baab193aacbc8d57d/lorolew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/sudefadaterigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioscoponi.eu/userfiles/files/28975089151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7bd316ba05aa6e7bc092562304aec29/nivimawatizatagebogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a6b0dfb48---zajosopobanirowoxesarojun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad46c9a812---foxititewosebax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonroller.com/userfiles/files/xatadotovawozatosoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=the+easiest+test+game+catPDF 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_off0000f4f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F4 16612 bytes
SHA-256: 4de0a4d8d961d2c10ef21bce65ae75602b9ff4f3b5c7d81ec04fd3ba5939b832
font_01_sfnt_off0001202d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013844.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13844 10272 bytes
SHA-256: aa3f6dfe5d559e14c082e138d4e5eddede49f71ff6b926ae1e9d95fbc34b1a74