Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8697fc4b475e6238…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 06:45:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d2702939cffebb4d821840a36468d8d2 SHA-1: 556706aea905876438d3c22097ffcbce41467993 SHA-256: 8697fc4b475e6238946c19ea919a5d47f29eead0e29a371701b5fc7370fb40e3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and other potentially untrusted domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to phish or deliver a secondary payload. The file's structure as a link farm suggests an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination of the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741dbe26d39---jedarelimutukobopaw.pdf
    • http://banlinhkienlaptop.com/userfiles/file/73373256403.pdf
    • https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/74918519463.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b69fb0849---pobeb.pdf
    • http://mofrantech.com/userfiles/file/45285459198.pdf
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/201ca403415a43766f5bd1108e699812/wegenazevesovitov.pdf
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f49b41b487---36674095322.pdf
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/75883732487.pdf
    • http://edgecs.net/documents/73610611991.pdf
    • http://hongdacable.com/d/files/rinazovag.pdf
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/vuvetiturirojuse.pdf
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a83c1e37624---povejarudaxiluporet.pdf
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/27615223688.pdf
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac5881867643e91593a56294408b2273/nimarelep.pdf
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8c749409b240221bd37eece507b17ff/zexujotuzixofuboxilo.pdf
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/fajulurufiber.pdf
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ph59f8tuohutgekbh5bpp0s6ga/nojejapo.pdf
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v8b9a1jf3vjq0m46jgrv9aa3ur/27799817987.pdf
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eoiidf99p31a940s8emn9rjgdv/givotikotu.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c793r4dc62tek4u060iitgfkdg/bazegigisoxazin.pdf
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d407c0423067bed7c256faa3d14dabc0/54634268525.pdf
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/fololinetogosobidosaf.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=display+pdf+in+html+page
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000103ab.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103AB 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011bbc.bin
c23a78767c17a1614fb89d96e2d4a0bb3f466bbc82d371f47e982e9626fb525c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BBC 16084 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000130e8.bin
6eaecefacd029495033210fcfecedac0a35d9efeb5eab3e1e51f479badfae1e9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130E8 18096 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000160cf.bin
c57e87c1107aac4e2d707f77fe050504e8da9e702c07dd8547fc63601b0544e4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160CF 10840 bytes