Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75aee2a93917b298…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-14 07:43:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 4cddbe12ba0328544bce87e3ceca9d07 SHA-1: 54528a4c3e13ef93765c2d8fb5e23d7e0941e83f SHA-256: 75aee2a93917b298c6cb9880103f86764d6d8bf7b7a7efa09253e1365d88c969
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites used for hosting PDF files. This behavior is characteristic of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

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 http://rubensova16.cz/files/file/22567282697.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/spvp60u5hsmg9nh0786nth24v1/dobediwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6f5dec53050dbf820d6d507dd646ca7/wejigasebudakifixaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweedehandswikkelaar.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/73536519578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/valivanutuworurawuwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/saviwiririnuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/885eb990ea938451b2db3c114506ef84/vubuxigukesoxipil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ad0f7b9161d6ae091895354a081da74/17326343433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaliva.eu/userfiles/files/lenodoguvabavopunej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/72740104324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/210624112725656251458g9js19rw4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/594gaf49jsppjklhir7eabe49f/tubanapapegowuxetuxazof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0be3711f3ad45fbb8f4465cc51133f61/20778473251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04f6168570---67605507929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d35a5ac30---73268305940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanarotalk.com/userfiles/file///30338384286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cacb3199950---nilonulirosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d084be98ae---fusalojazugowagevofatupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73861371341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/tegilisoretunav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kentcliffordreunion.com/clients/a/aa/aa84b18e55fac3ff3c25336c5005d9e5/File/redaforumisalopufefula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amblesidewindermere.ca/fckuploads/images/file/dufolujubazaneloxaruwofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31d1ec53229fc8c94eef00a0150c5c13/54661179137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/86436745211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/saevf376vl809epuislb29i5s7/96941954992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+throw+a+better+spiralPDF 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_off0000ef15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF15 16772 bytes
SHA-256: 664d15f8681ddc63037426f5da0736befe5b5b0fc3d354472974eb800178f640
font_01_sfnt_off00011ae5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000132fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132FC 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 59445098f11d32605b7a157d0e0fdbe2632125f5d124c1876fe9010930332d44