Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 863cc1be4ae1b3cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-07-26 09:30:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: efb41128922282f2adaf235d1e1b9160 SHA-1: 799866ac58bac8ae5ed863b39ec7db9d117f5170 SHA-256: 863cc1be4ae1b3cfc01e3b190a32f06a6aefc57024ff27587785251e004be7f6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to other PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of these links suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign, where users are lured to click through a chain of documents.

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 https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b183e55a4819f51eb16d641d10be140e/59347219071.pdf
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd94b4a6d2---83717017176.pdf
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e44jqsdl8brtnusj1ju02780cm/xajuruzibaxabusebelugi.pdf
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xowivipebanilime.pdf
    • http://phyllisrubensteinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/95295891493.pdf
    • http://www.retorika-zidar.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/58897843847.pdf
    • http://hrudolf.com/userfiles/bebodoperilus.pdf
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43f1326163568eccd2ac981b9c7c8c7f/nevaviwapoxegekopajufuxon.pdf
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607293fc763a9---68793036938.pdf
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9t1nmqvnmls41njn8i9867iaj5/65621248056.pdf
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///40456860806.pdf
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53ff4f1e2abca68d14fc7eb05cd1cc01/razijomurut.pdf
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0cc8310ce9---39575847656.pdf
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870ca4a4a1b---zozukazetifubapisel.pdf
    • https://limblength-sldf.com/userfiles/file/taduganowij.pdf
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b816f612f22ab59630b249ba0c38e82/54452131439.pdf
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b853e363485---puzawurizuvus.pdf
    • http://english-life.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071656dd001a---901930053.pdf
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815ee89bc1b---112444076.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084142f11504---supugipino.pdf
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5d5bc0cd2b---50862854351.pdf
    • http://forumcutuca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/varosasat.pdf
    • http://tantex.org/tantex/tantexuserfiles/file/tufoxebovanejijowobeg.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=cu+tep+mock+exam+%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%94+%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88+3+pdf
    • 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_off0000d0a9.bin
f5777313537c40d087407137198917b6a97073c6bf5ea3cd443913454757e0b3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0A9 17832 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fecc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFECC 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000116e3.bin
ba20ffdda7d1f942be77d919c4591a0890c4d967eb4dd0fdb0eabe16d1cd23e5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116E3 10768 bytes