Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 859897271e253269…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 23:47:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2681f4c1a3caec858bdd9662afee5049 SHA-1: 39310b31e46a78fead58aed595ad395ccbe1f440 SHA-256: 859897271e253269fe88ce6aa69f09f25594dd28cc7187adde4a9bdc2dc03057
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b48bc1da4c---38656943982.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/licngk633c4ttr9ual3tjm33i7/zimebezewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiachuankeji.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-5/20210905191001457030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma-es.site/yamituki-n/uploads/files/54236411798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netlandschool.cl/files/dikogoluzenaduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jesssmithtri.com/jesssmith/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38377777436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ta-taiwan.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/desiwowuredoremutifanuras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodebiaggi.eu/userfiles/files/83063207895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85f7d768d2b970689284ac93f409c0c2/92646104169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/melas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/69205736139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e6fa636d19e14b1694218980180bad3/wapefigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03971fc682819265e7fc349a369ef53b/tegigotixurizatatawuruni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/53736287302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mystruggle.uk/indigo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bebidizuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.org/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/jokasaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/50798490502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/vexubemilugigazev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161044c1a2a3c3---59808839129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fly.no1-yes.com/userfiles/file/balonakegugenugiluxaxixaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/tejunowatogolonajavafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/67305962076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fde34934cf---25302306728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=linear+equations+in+two+variables+worksheets+class+9PDF 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_off0000d7ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7AB 17024 bytes
SHA-256: e10cf43f458f5346b012c488849c8bde4494610149e78b3226d756e030fcb57e
font_01_sfnt_off000103e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E7 11080 bytes
SHA-256: b929e3d9efbf0accd8a91a9cddf6ca8dca17594ab2dc5b7d3e00048d7021edf8
font_02_sfnt_off00011dc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1