Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 524dfb948aaf0a2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 08:25:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3c25f544bbf945d6df39f7a5a5462bba SHA-1: ee83bcbd6b94d7a6793080700fdce49636d4fbb3 SHA-256: 524dfb948aaf0a2c219f85db798338216dbf211cfa1fc3ee5fd3d4e1ece576b6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as lures to direct users to phishing pages or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abc5e2901c66e73e11d6bbcef0529a74/129756094.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4rneoqm6hoslv92nfntkuacmgl/42491448687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f241fd651797513fddf2b4f850129e67/23346490726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cff9f88c9f---10638601654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efmb9gf0tdkurhnen84acq2i5r/59610375209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/39037003636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ob26dcvmgl1nhb7nekjdsubgm7/ninites.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethtikvahevents.ca/clients/2/20/20a91c0cb94b02964b0d1c5d980f1596/File/18969572884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e896de397e89d9fb558b01ad74bc5913/vorejakegusaxupav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b623dbf16e---kulim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cbe3288c76---96749981136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mt-creativestudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pusifelatufev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28165640134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27efeb5c56809e932072a3d88f8374a5/24271921012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychologgia.pl/Upload/file/31963544878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8b773a343b9f1de958c7c7a1e121e30/pilidege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0475cb4e996b94e27b9325f1abe29603/xomimevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098454d93f35---97871827883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b67c50d01d2---buwopetifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/919gougmb2pna2ni6vcn63f434/78162522745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d30d1f490af---42677906730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870f46605dc---32499257485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=watch+dog+soldiersPDF 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_off0000eb66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB66 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010378.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10378 17120 bytes
SHA-256: 9a6bb3f371fc2e3df84f831c98ae20b94b0973c22c4ecc85a23e09509321661d
font_02_sfnt_off00012f44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F44 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 62f8d500e7565b90b85f49c316eeb3bfcce3162bacdb722b56582306a47d5cf5