Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 614b9d650ff3be71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.8 KB Created: 2021-07-22 17:51:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3297611613af2dc02a26d63f67c1c5e9 SHA-1: 69b7c7a10c822e69a1b091bf9bc4fdffa713b12d SHA-256: 614b9d650ff3be712e4947011ad6cbf561b72f6ae3d81b46ca2464fd00c311f4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, but the presence of numerous external links and the heuristic firings strongly indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730f79c46e6---gilaluf.pdf
    • https://ctapigroup3.com/contents//files/57498676218.pdf
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc9aa198b7---pefamigi.pdf
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/53679270118.pdf
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/3410563934.pdf
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a70024898---gamikibavivugeb.pdf
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aa1beeb69---89117782666.pdf
    • https://farmacieitaliane.com/documenti/file/dolononozovadizubuzirave.pdf
    • http://hutbephottaihaiphong24h.com/upload/files/moxojabibidu.pdf
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuzinosulidi.pdf
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac530e1646---10062561009.pdf
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5l2n2v72ajs11s50llj4pvasfb/dusukem.pdf
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705e6f7343d---20941276493.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccf00bd4e4d---wagofavu.pdf
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/vubiridil.pdf
    • http://gtlmarinefuel.com/userfiles/file/26980437457.pdf
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/77758493875.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a21663707c2---71489922578.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9rguuj50487qu9t1jk3qbuhat5/55423386429.pdf
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e087d403e4---19608775826.pdf
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/59517170944.pdf
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/newasogiwexarufozilud.pdf
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea14e49a940afcd7a305250d54a01c97/79065286258.pdf
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents//files/jegabekuvikumitujelifexa.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=deciphered+meaning+in+english
    • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_008_off00017eb0.bin
b404ba91d4738894590d04d567839f7882d8a0c3041b4e1171db769e6807f3c7
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x17EB0 19192 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000f678.bin
ac6b0f4433e38e5d42016607c0ff5af19e49d56cc27d46b513aaf8dfa05024ae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF678 10744 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010eb5.bin
d72f0fcd655879820422bb68f3bb360927ce926219a50b7da7aab8cce75d6e46
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB5 4840 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012039.bin
cb723054402c5ea75c11f4dfba051402b0464c9150194cf3547ce1a6bf3730ad
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12039 29796 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001669f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1669F 16792 bytes