Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 560a258b1313572f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-08-09 17:28:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d5ce96a572bcceb5a22a133d3c0c0171 SHA-1: ef97e74c30a5ebfc0e6ebe2050ee84ec8cd5e751 SHA-256: 560a258b1313572f4d833a641d510681b76ca735f28024849711baf750deb19a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or engage in phishing. The document body is heavily obfuscated and contains metadata from wkhtmltopdf, but the primary malicious activity is driven by the embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2i8s49p6qqaka6235m59a03v7/vezewika.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/kodopigigububonuxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-plzen.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92943774790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofulltravel.com/userfiles/files/nofewopojademevuriwoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imapbook.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/kireremitak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/vusopevedoxumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adead1d19d3cabe337a5f85a412a1810/81410616116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6fcca08dd34d54d74a9186752f48d48/digatosovedudubijapipasog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99bd27258c---50818756146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa0493754ec0a43e64af8a40b8af1982/ripuxujikafalugepunedigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobrofab.com/clients/d/da/da7cd3953015cd63472398095fc1fcdd/File/67147011610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamel2.pl/userfiles/file/58731541024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce7c6b979f2---zuguvavobob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/bizegazozuparonutotidopuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a86c402948---mezojajijomenatatup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d487d2bfdb---zenefixog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/06/03/file/20210603_125152_159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa2e23f1d68---nipaxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3837df521---tizifalowitotipugesunim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/xidurikuxazifujifejupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c0f6e1b01---nuvikuwarituxexumudixereb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zosumezikosoxapimane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/wuxasunoxitanoxoxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacionecla.org/resources/original/file/tefixidadeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab6824611a613ee5dd1d09afaa0b1226/35281464360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=skyrim+how+to+remove+perk+pointsPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6caf168b7---6865406244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f0b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B6 17000 bytes
SHA-256: 66c8e9cc562c493dce906840f72a689e9f8d64bb66ee6638158a6cf8ad04e7b0
font_01_sfnt_off00011d08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D08 10740 bytes
SHA-256: ab7109a3d13a7b166d9a8a2219e80d26ace7a0c97bda67393a23ce0927fcc15a
font_02_sfnt_off000135a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1