Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 614b65152ffdc74c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:11:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4248e346f1abbf78cf93da811dfc9eff SHA-1: 9913f3b6f79a2ff101a7aaa2ea849d56f1cf7533 SHA-256: 614b65152ffdc74cf8c36656d1c2d2a6e3ab8d01b65138232014ef3f21d78d0f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a link farm with numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, so the primary attack vector appears to be social engineering through the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210808094709.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kledingindex.nl/images/uploads/zitenikowogexofosurov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c08ba1facdac1366d13a9232a2965b03/31469230453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4db9dd7d4---nuxelenuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unserbiokorb.ch/userfiles/file/wosuvidamip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/tosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usagimatur.com/files/others/digoxikovozewubumix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161096ce7e1236---68824278071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf009c8e211---dorinovorerafadibina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bc7435345abdea16b078d9aaf3bd217/pimiresa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emirates-offshore.com/uploads/image/file/xipazavozew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e0c0af1b4---poriwuvusawezelanadolavas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/namulomadusaremadatazejar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b4588a06f---95660502212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ef5e38a1d533a9145d1aa4d226a6c50/vizarobolaxofajopogilujag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/44722259506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bopmhljh93987aufnp924667u/jexoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/1447536960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lpsbjeg6rh4jto2p7j907682h6/tijelesut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blsfamilyreunion.com/clients/1/11/11e20eb1c47c3498ff3e66fc1941d138/File/44643595193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c608eb975e25cf194f435d82a0e6b32/44832109822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/355807ec31fbb059a7eb5ad790bb165a/miwuzodapagenejijos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/bujovaxanivewakavoforaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4927605632117fc365a6b8e83f2e4f5/79636815402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=lucky+luke+english+pdfPDF 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_off0000f797.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF797 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010fa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FA9 20108 bytes
SHA-256: 1197400c9b7c21689224d83312bef9986fc4877d965a1aee47dde6dc89ab4f98
font_02_sfnt_off0001446d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1446D 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 6b0e1d5c22f8cc73647eab570bec6a31adc8bcd8bc52c3196acfc518ee16cc22