Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85c400cf159952c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-18 14:53:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ff5096ac6f53aa93c126296970bf2669 SHA-1: 9c04d0ff023679251edbcc411b20373e95d0f5fe SHA-256: 85c400cf159952c1072d21dbb81cd3e8d9b5f63af5f5736a50bb0ac1a71a39fe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as containing a link farm and was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The embedded URLs, such as http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b445de88b26---4052906302.pdf and http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b95e8b9e4e5---86654243986.pdf, point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The presence of a Google feedproxy URL with a 'how tyson make chicken nuggets like mcdonalds' query suggests a potential lure for phishing or scam content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b95e8b9e4e5---86654243986.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://1970fchs50thclassreunion.com/clients/1/19/19770213778af891f1b13fa25f964f50/File/woravufegezemukenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyjclinic.com/ckupload/files/59573106149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41495e7afe---robisaramo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szermgrt.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lozawozebek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://full-flavors.com/img/Data/file/loberamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chhsmahs.com/clients/8/83/83f479e57a8bbaec88b4a04d821ef24e/File/mubapedinepumufonixamama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cn7ejg86d5miu769t9d4eq34fa/fijolekapix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrjok.com/uploadfile/file/59420014117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65bcfd9d45c87b456e50c639d52f64d4/zabisozedekerikibuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abc278ba464dcf9d698f8b3e4f1e4766/1763237538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tt9kt3jejj8gefpssaakfheug2/35793260055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33274528039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/153006be42aec084aa4ce29c728d2e2f/65887680150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b445de88b26---4052906302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c562e33dfb1---dorowemurakukesaleferik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychanalyste-gard.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/famalugenoxabuwavot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/boxukirakatifupufatuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114c65705a7e---66703703174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dcbb75f2607b63128c6925a3bbadc22/15566690654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb171401744384e2dc4af4eca122431d/merepexeditatadowike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e120306463cee299c2e5a148ac9a02f/kavixuxepaneruzim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/fewagotal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609edbba34af0---81001060888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a961e18a292---jekovesogavogafodeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+tyson+make+chicken+nuggets+like+mcdonaldsPDF 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_off0000ec48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001045a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1045A 18632 bytes
SHA-256: 7f928377191f66b835d8d5b8e0033d2712b795de46443eae3131457a95a0bcee
font_02_sfnt_off000135d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135D4 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 7d93f0c6899f851ccd42a496d53bedeb80fa663a8d1d295b2350bfc6f0e90775