Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75b58c9befe320dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 01:26:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: ccb6c59017b4b723748a9bc97fef3f5c SHA-1: 174a771f0543a8c08487bc090113b8c8e1131a9c SHA-256: 75b58c9befe320dd5579290d8ec407d41a117acb4b3c48f47d1ebd4b3a8a8081
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document designed to lure users to external malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=very+itchy+feet+at+night PDF link annotation
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c401974177b---kiguxidikifebupobegado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immopolignano.lu/images/tavaridagubuzekuwikaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9683089d0de974aa71af86bf8063ee9/nivexutowowikuwuvarugudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9bace053e---55685007257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a104ebc0e9---lepidubel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c279759623a---jajofulazowawixive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schroniskoorzechowce.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zelojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mkoe4pjjlpbsl7k8i6hjl0ucu5/birisarajaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukhayurveda.in/userfiles/file/badidadafuxemoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b297ac3087---43022436556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081279a059de---68043941315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e23144feef---juruzogiwatitujokibogup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xufazofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa52da9271a---godivuburugew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd6c5a4469---rasimoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarasonic.com/upload/file/jodepofurus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edo8nocf10jcd4551g5pfnuncc/56942578137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokumsuzgec.com/userfiles/files/8587115993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarivenezia.eu/userfiles/files/77721074682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/malopomivot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab9fee1416---fekujetomet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078fb538222c---nikidikodiduseva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ru0rhtqo7baj6ngbd2fseot0ne/67263405395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5da2ee7fc6aedb6e5ca5d308f6ef9c1/47227151081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4df7e2ff8---52787642803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad10bfc96d24a3feea1b71e67eaa0a32/rovibopapetajulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30338478113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f21e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF21E 10364 bytes
SHA-256: 4a608e455d5d0adc45c73f19123bffeaf3a570354bc42aaabfb837adc200bfae
font_01_sfnt_off00010980.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10980 16604 bytes
SHA-256: aa50e8c805b62271a7f4f4f7875d4163f91e94b47badd4021e81c8cae3217e19
font_02_sfnt_off00013455.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13455 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1