Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81600dd607a04fc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 04:21:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 03461a4ee33923e40fd063b7289290c6 SHA-1: 3f694ee6bfdef907d481b34498899440bae8ac93 SHA-256: 81600dd607a04fc5a54d543e900e93324232e574136e8ce1bd7ce4dfcdc60a54
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm to redirect users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092107a76c43---76124492976.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00e997035d9a647f66ecf73167cb8d9b/9757873498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct8ml6mwue.tw/uploads/files/sepibipumurikaxosifutisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49qu23grvddsh72rihp6l0t63i/laronabanefiwumabix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/levoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0475239ebe9a6e8d6294eae67291dada/sexulunifefokef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4e16473d96---pidimikopivokiniwererope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba530da86f0---817705191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f1c0ea762a61ef410970901375360a9/54887962131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842a27444b7---36219951132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/vumekujadimufunigonadup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0bff32b67---54099972318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/97217677987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd099367cc54850c80da22062407230a/gemekujuritilur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a6e0dab48---41663402288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6097614cd---31852307867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cadfcd640ba---13728387991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/lubavekugavufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc4247d569---fujipufetuxilelajawik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/sobobafomixapakeburofux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/40828581849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61756d3eb9---nobekomivaxurumuweligeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/406m1csrkc84smsl6f4nsaqao5/3588121297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=make+tables+in+rPDF 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_off0000ec76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC76 10204 bytes
SHA-256: 34111f55943f023c1e46f7e0ae16a1eb1b190dc233047cc3eb1c65cc068d9dfb
font_01_sfnt_off00010376.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10376 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 7247ef9d9ad1ebcc72983119a26e2981ee9f9f355365653df660bdacaad6a45b
font_02_sfnt_off00012f72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F72 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1