Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bd2638c5036040c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 21:26:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 538daed6eedde1f0ccad94fed6f8b810 SHA-1: 1fda1abe06aa771314c20a903403d542f3363c88 SHA-256: 7bd2638c5036040c97ec7d51d50c033cbe29e567e76d897bed71c7ca368e6e69
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of external URIs and link farms on disposable or compromised hosting suggests an attempt to distribute malware or facilitate phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iuln0neih00flt8sasc6pjk3rq/gedixekubig.pdf
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/jirifitupoxujufupev.pdf
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/93975254051.pdf
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b7a7c60e0d---namulivubevopo.pdf
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a452b7ddb6a6bcc6739b6b0992242b62/11030803553.pdf
    • https://printjet.pl/pliki_user/File/dewakeminidodomexedaxiw.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4bec496cb---29146318732.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3a5559566---53581713140.pdf
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/66384656333.pdf
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/go9c0d4s96ippmsjm8e3co8b05/76364037763.pdf
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/965547f371966145c94c93f933c26512/segexelusasaw.pdf
    • http://mcgrathpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tonibufelatujisonavorafog.pdf
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/82064901923.pdf
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/jifalisite.pdf
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/zujukutiviloduwalaje.pdf
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/252b9df4601df1863c854c2fe80a4c68/mozarelevipupunavedaf.pdf
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d0b047e20f242c3a3a7809825819e7b/detiredofigananojunun.pdf
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p333chdmm845n0fgmrq457cmn8/buxabus.pdf
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3b253454b0170625a32f6f2520fa651/takobulimurapa.pdf
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95561247af5a8b0a5bfdabd37ffafc08/sezoban.pdf
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b232300c104---demolazevof.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=flagyl+for+diverticulitis
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed0b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED0B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001051d.bin
d9a8f81eb13e30b0f51105f531b6c7ae915037efd27f7a9735cedf17f5174be5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1051D 16652 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013077.bin
62f876e84f2a801b3dec434a4b07003d9decd32acb6b22a77dfc6cb29e7f5f88
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13077 10804 bytes