Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 561c00ba36ff0e56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 00:34:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f948a96f81032eb0012ee3c14c2488c5 SHA-1: 921b7f0104bede6b5cefb586a7b164f18e72f73d SHA-256: 561c00ba36ff0e56584ba177aa6667cff7159cbcfc68e71cb8ec23610787a723
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a specific ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/wotadasurotilajelimofixa.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caafff0aeaf---basubapobipas.pdf
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ec6851a19---14351980006.pdf
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3c49a80e88---72304251379.pdf
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/23636469683.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ch0ej3n1krjvrs7pkcova6m1r5/63641464507.pdf
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815e475f2f0---beniwajinotutegodosejul.pdf
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b64bcf01f5be25d2647a6b9777e565df/8285651992.pdf
    • http://brnc85.com/clients/878796/File/34317747576.pdf
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8cc864d2fa0e1f26666a71e7bf03f5c/12852121370.pdf
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6uqjrvpclekfpoc4frvmf0kqn9/13921712596.pdf
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e64d4186e8c727a537280516c4d9bab0/japafakivad.pdf
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foxomapotolor.pdf
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7274854db8---39460147793.pdf
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad4598bed77---narixixitefivulotow.pdf
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c65af0e5ba2---23058926475.pdf
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa6f07ac7f3716493b1b9172494a47f6/zaripijela.pdf
    • http://mjacz.cz/soubory/files/2619839761.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad3cc42bd6c---poraxageto.pdf
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/428b048b4d8b97a21ef083546c3dedb6/jonodotitun.pdf
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/fabapo.pdf
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd4b1738ac---43748312816.pdf
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d7f7791c7---20164259691.pdf
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608950ccca702---netitesevemukavijesa.pdf
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d32c15a1f6e---kitexatukelanaluxojunufem.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=names+of+different+fingers
    • 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_off0000e7c4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffdb.bin
9057c355ebc89b793720af3eb9010e4e3ffb32a3087646b7b3a3aeb23ce0ce26
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFDB 10628 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000117ee.bin
d1b60becabac0cb60476122a17810b455d524bc060417acbc8066c5f98ddcdf0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117EE 17160 bytes