Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 626e270a13d4d17f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 17:55:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 2c07e7a86532fe9bb03865e86db50849 SHA-1: 4b351dbf61fc2b5eda5f7781688adda165b001a8 SHA-256: 626e270a13d4d17f421d10cec67e72ea0456266503230da7a8ffb2b9e45d2afc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to download further malware or engage in phishing. The presence of multiple links to compromised CMS upload directories suggests a tactic to disguise malicious files as legitimate uploads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85ec984cf728a1143df9228a0dcfa94b/mugifunovotumisibezaso.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fd343d318b429a04418494de32d6f53/22882105516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085150bbab19---zufatez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamaskitchenorder.com/uploads/files/kevajuferovupab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210609062940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9e062fd7b---jejeroxosixakixofitux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b857fad4cbb---80195336350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harposwebdesign.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/jetezasipina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicellbank.com/userfiles/files/nuxinexifetujototetogote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dck7bkbu8ks0jmqumuip78unei/xowitekinilusidijogusem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/56142549073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bfd0799e80---zudefexexalefivuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heider.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b02e2bb0fc049226def6b0e43e465aa8/kusuruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmnavarra.es/ckeditor/files/katabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/sukurorejekegejugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gym-rectif.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tofevarapege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcivan.com/admin/UserFiles/file/24185955631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/23861297612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc157f96898---52208918036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3663563850e3bca68bf397416e3c80d/43850290237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rana-international.com/userfiles/files/65552381401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hublihorse.com/uploads/userfiles/files/malafogamijekerojed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=2nd+grade+math+money+worksheets+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_off0000e6de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6DE 17196 bytes
SHA-256: c0d86004cd0312263dbd146b93df23e78574d920e95e43eda24a7d8ce6b01178
font_01_sfnt_off00011378.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11378 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 40f65c634fcc89e6d0426172263cf03cf6fe4d325a95009acd905b70bec4d0b6
font_02_sfnt_off00012d32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D32 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1