Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 460ccac675f5d5a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.1 KB Created: 2021-07-19 03:16:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b99f9a8089bbaae331b94f2cbe33931c SHA-1: 5cfed4f60c695ebac21cee84a3dae978a3ab1586 SHA-256: 460ccac675f5d5a1cd3f6df238d778aea349b05f4c902030b09fccd1d6fd2d34
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing to numerous compromised websites, many of which host further PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links to compromised CMS upload directories suggests an attempt to leverage these sites for hosting malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9921

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 http://biogenetec.tw/image/files/20210714_145522.pdf
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5646190d07e56d4a398c65b2bdc64558/11422750713.pdf
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/bumonan.pdf
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j78ebnfrvsvhvaq7nv2bf3a99b/xirafemorigotomu.pdf
    • https://rosewoodcity.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/45395087245.pdf
    • http://liberty67.com/clients/41815/File/turirebamodakanotosu.pdf
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609000737bef0---28660036090.pdf
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/32478976887.pdf
    • https://jerseyshorepirates.com/userfiles/files/muzofojikot.pdf
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7543048b6f---90802449038.pdf
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b09710791fe---9574003466.pdf
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021060120312680554.pdf
    • http://blissworldbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/35241574997.pdf
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdbe569626d90538118a873143944989/xulupibebafejug.pdf
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf0362d368c1b0646dfd7d3cccad0c11/93079976603.pdf
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/578d2055209aa5ad4f0ab379f043fc56/lojazivalerekig.pdf
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ba0a2b255767e4fa157fe687fc61bc0/gudopuvopab.pdf
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/sebitoruz.pdf
    • https://xn--bren-mgenwil-gcbf.ch/sites/default/files/fck-uploads/file/73295391830.pdf
    • https://mednet.mk/public_html/upload/userfiles/file/34322529970.pdf
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cdcfe6317ca91bd14b47ad8dfc73434/nuramuw.pdf
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ojgau2giutinagavqtcfr47s81/naraf.pdf
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e745a4dfd3---jotefapagazavajo.pdf
    • https://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbc059d85c999c46868e1abe694de024/84202399305.pdf
    • http://gidaero.com/upload/fckeditor/file/4258766383.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=nitric+acid+test+for+protein
    • 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_off000148ad.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148AD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000160bf.bin
4862a0c3c8fac54899dab825607cd0e521a2e336f0b58ed6f934a92998e03b4f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160BF 17728 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00018f03.bin
4392c274923d68e3a2c84dd5de584f1ca615b905ec452004492364a0fa35df45
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18F03 10544 bytes