Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 796ad684e6c6d2b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:16:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6b1d949e5e565b90b0cfa9f613c44289 SHA-1: 581f9b603eaf855ce28f928978e7fa441bb7bf59 SHA-256: 796ad684e6c6d2b4d0e217c364a651c51cd622a0a09dc4cac83d9cca0ca951f2
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature. The primary goal appears to be directing users to potentially malicious external content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4818

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://gptools.net/userfiles/file/5103517706.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8hllrpr1jkq549uc7np861im0/68760221618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983640bc7c2---bipegosaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyperasp.net/userfiles/file/momopewukobigovimamenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibleyestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mabuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbeb3d97474---fajewobomemasawupedogisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26254369161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c56050a7b9aeb8b930e65444e770083/bupuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c2db7e1391809f0779a412c55bdce9a/zetagopebafamigulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb4714c148---lavulara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tv2np4u6bt39h9lckkr7tn5vp6/jafalowoluripozutofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/63729844139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806e784527c---lenapejidasiluwunobuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0f1b1e5bb---44766714207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d229ff6b662---wetopularelisaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80d3a4fcc7806ad46e1e1059c6a01a51/88175395373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e3dd24dcc---22354051274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//35637121686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsonplastic.com/uploads/userfiles/file/54931687972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2688e49b3d670b2f97aba2dc1b6bd4ea/94217685713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hrol6rvh52m7bf07kgo1i4r135/zuguwewadetekimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5e74be5a2---57307250009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=user+story+and+acceptance+criteriaPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2050dad11bb516ef70cbde713f0ff9e4/wirewidubivirixusibe.pdfIn 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_off0000e7c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C1 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 786a9c9cc73ef6ad036246c1c8c44f7e89faa5f58daab6d683c0a9adad6cd6f4
font_01_sfnt_off00010015.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10015 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011827.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11827 27580 bytes
SHA-256: ce196d842953fe2757d83896061b41a0d032f56fb84c6a27826ad203108613bf