Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73ebe7d6f2dd6aca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 06:47:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 876e2cf3650b72b0d874da346f4b3f59 SHA-1: 23d47a714484b5652de9550f43fe016ddd58f9e4 SHA-256: 73ebe7d6f2dd6aca0137417a41e40ac16837c87299a7514298f755e1b7397c98
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing vulnerable plugins for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting and compromised CMS upload paths suggests an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination and leverage existing vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbmdumd88u6tanag0kk1l6k289/renutukeditaniga.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfda5eedc92---74932295370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibson100.com/clients/870224/File/96738237347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/473380474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33c2bfe40d57f60b1e3d5f4690357688/15545556769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eqf8qqasms2ccrbn3rj2pgfcoq/fuxobom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ce-mi.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/punijefana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0a369c753---43096523793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsusushionline.com/uploads/files/71309905094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/zokefikufaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6621279ea3b66e0430a337ee7be690cb/gematawejenepolul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793ec587da9---83140984977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d91hnq8khvh23hohf2vn2rj943/godexumizafovetegar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ooc1iosufcq4896qufisoj6o7/mubesutunenepiwukara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/ribimijatebesutego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxhk365.com/uploads/file///tubulidevaxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/69916273436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namthangbasaltstone.com/uploads/image/files/jakemotiwutotena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5734c589917d358eff80c8a1ccbea0c/wifefagomusikude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ohj8608tojq09oe4f7timhr06/regasapiwejozexulelasitoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valeneighbors.com/userimages/66407225389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be505666f51---17370647591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bt7ee0kgn45vo0054c5d26nehb/marazevotipilow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=governorates+of+egyptPDF 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_off000110ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110EC 18536 bytes
SHA-256: 32f234f40aba051d3c3dfc31357a7532ab6810f2811f3462ffb6ef9dd4af40ee
font_01_sfnt_off000140c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000158d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158D8 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 9315055a30e4d47cd99954d9c85ad5872e5fd1356f0b8a6cd6a6cae5d4faad54