Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 575d4bb43d35897b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-08-12 08:46:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: d09c93e6d40a788411be046978c02ea1 SHA-1: a8509ea6044e14e61be5ee8701cf7dd695f3be15 SHA-256: 575d4bb43d35897bb9d9274c70c8d65a711093b75db31ddd258ffec97b177e8e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of numerous links and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or direct users to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/tabunozararejeketegezatod.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31eb46bdcb680e29a28c7933053a60da/21803464908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://testsitehq.com/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/lekuvivar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sabaispa.net/userfiles/file/97279811222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b932a61a760e219271607bbc3c815ff/67750184893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/fiwesamobotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900e9c76dac---96732345240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisoseminatrici.it/userfiles/files/naworanufewajaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9a73b3e09daba24128460531cf65bea/36862831036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heibldr.hu/FCKfeltoltott/file/kelufozepaxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609923e611add---mekulabawuvanogarotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94035c1a70106bea53303be6ec0a79e6/88672830997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/52928924682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d07cb0610---kexapukawufaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ekli6arqrgfs4dr7te2st00v0/90014542656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventclub.pl/userfiles/file/85526140280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c1dec53b8---wolamaxevativemareri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://systemsbiology.at/uploads/assets/file/wofosogipinifisolus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa1135b418---kalurafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qf68u6ocesgcnndi6bk6sthv44/navogokisodiwutib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812eec5a717---guviwinazanab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkaganjil.com/contents//files/sikodofomanerobipegax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/30747243876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=factory+reset+iphone+6s+using+itunesPDF 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_off0000f42a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF42A 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 185086ed4623c6f6b56b23771d130ee664b01f0544e2b82978332c4f0c3c20a8
font_01_sfnt_off00010da0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DA0 17712 bytes
SHA-256: 1e1a4923df9f91cec03c1e83b7cd94ff02d40a1fc63395d5533fa2062acb83fd
font_02_sfnt_off00013bec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BEC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1