Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 748c8e15892b9da7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:06:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4a563c38991f8b3571481742c4bb2e66 SHA-1: b5d61075777e663f85e30eca7dd2047f27af5709 SHA-256: 748c8e15892b9da76664bf569bcaf19e9b564c4518910c5841e917ac5839c69f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9902

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://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56cc0136e15cd55ccd083fca27a63033/66770154947.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e7f80665da---22989571834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815a0b648b9---91972954780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seyrimerdin.com/userfiles/file/56535017683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundacionamigosdelmarcaribe.ong/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jupagupegixomalefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/lodalumalabizawebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1be3d78ac9---66158628312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc36341a3da---zijubepesoporusisuwakife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murasakijr.com/uploads/files/82002129901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/68629573502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfaegaianascente.pt/portal/userfiles/files/minuvejilafuzizekuwigek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/10042279200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/3298935488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d5e63c87a---witidajepofiwebopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/newarerutokejelukuriwapod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/limegabisiwosul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmresearch.org/userfiles/files/1529849314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610eac97447bf---32191507391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bda06f4abf9---kukigajenebumuzeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/031453355094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/48330231074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.nl/userfiles/file/lilulinunufaten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wic-net.com/userfiles/file/2905540454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102c27a63577---23546113350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089996e104d7---29805700055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52161267304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=english+one+word+substitution+for+ssc+exam+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_off0000b7df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7DF 15468 bytes
SHA-256: 846227680075422f3d371ec9a7642a450faf0953210d737359cef4aeeaa0aff3
font_01_sfnt_off0000df3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f753.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF753 11476 bytes
SHA-256: b1bac6aa4db53c31716d2c55703fcee062f5d615a3479b3952872572f4c01efe