Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ad4992144ebfc02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:20:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4b784fb4495741613e190542e06ef07b SHA-1: ce23276454131cec834c700b6527363725cff755 SHA-256: 6ad4992144ebfc02360227a79d432063c441913f603d26aba60266a6fdee133f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, directing users to various unknown PDF files. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the true malicious destination and potentially engage in SEO manipulation for phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d80b59b9a---laxobewidamutibadexizat.pdf
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aecb18963f7---puwifozefi.pdf
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd0e29b716---92371461908.pdf
    • http://jyotiacademicpress.org/uploads/file/tuvagedujenoneji.pdf
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086412b8db7c---lalubifexejidibuboneta.pdf
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/bitelagikefegubivuvu.pdf
    • https://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/25298349882.pdf
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/febapawedezibuk.pdf
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/38367940771.pdf
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da791760c2---vapobipejabuvufatutaxoz.pdf
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0d6f4c20f---kotaxokewovukuj.pdf
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1d657be66---dijetikumikajibopozomin.pdf
    • http://oilmachineydy.com/d/files/77305444697.pdf
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee8ec00b9f---85579684954.pdf
    • http://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/74586143826.pdf
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/nofuf.pdf
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/bapafapajisi.pdf
    • http://ecompletecontact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fajegasepixadipiduxufuzem.pdf
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1329e9a1ab55119a1933acd461282428/fubafujolowag.pdf
    • http://gourmethousemacau.com/UploadFilesfile///36295434097.pdf
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06467c0ca1fd2f9702ab09e0acd66c85/zovipamadolekepotefiloxej.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f170ccbbd.pdf
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983d4a2d5c3---rusepolimulukokeg.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=javascript+string+to+array
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off000101f6.bin
9bb955b50c597b8f3575707654920545b041170e0bc68d8cc03571069301d005
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x101F6 17260 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000e9e4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012ee3.bin
0af24ad75e6a82f0ecd585c6f1486b6c33992796ada9cdfcefdf0a12cde16ed3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EE3 10540 bytes