Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5bb69cff8918b08b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 22:42:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 27237feb9fc08f71ea5e168fe89646ea SHA-1: 1755a780452d0a6f807815f29b24906f7b2a6775 SHA-256: 5bb69cff8918b08be758f82978a6739da6a62e0c784398e6b1531a8c06f9d2e4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to download further malware or engage in phishing activities. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of compromised CMS upload storage suggest a coordinated effort to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c65ba444871---88861720299.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ae60c1599---20958249219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d2ed26c35---99118532659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55b94f473beafe9b9751cb6f8e54496d/90707676771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceb4c34cbf1---77541902820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/20100732866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da13ff52d9d---fefivekupinuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderjamesbackcatalogue.com/userfiles/file/nadojadilaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e886f4d4bb151d3b246401213dc32519/47335790847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e01f035f75---79509347952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jrntasr4drqvi5o6546ika6j01/27870729483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r963b4hfi7apsutvn10ej89en4/buvolekagabiwabuxulipisur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/nopunupopevofazekilorekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/nokagab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebc6fd94ca---wobazigidileni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocquyhiem.com/userfiles/image/file/vagosifoxonomuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/68048053250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/fafopifajemegilinaxaxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/sepilimubixomamiraboxujul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a27e6c28de---guwurunoluxijasevuwudosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74932789899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78ae0dd8af---rokaxaronapoduriwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/84339090903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5fd8907d732c29893d0c9a2625da987/kaxukinasudotivoxonofinez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=laws+of+exponents+divisionPDF 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_off0000ead0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD0 16908 bytes
SHA-256: 881483c6c55e579ad2dcb96b34fc405825cc0d73da507e428355fa35a591a1bf
font_01_sfnt_off00011727.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11727 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 42e793555c7f047299cd8917e138fa2ca367fdfee11d7b17f71a654b3d57e728
font_02_sfnt_off00012f7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F7B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1