Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 897fff5af938d122…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.0 KB Created: 2021-07-08 01:12:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 023b53d3f0ffb0dde5b8f198b4cb6a8f SHA-1: ac8bff68ab96902323638c6f4b0319919b34683a SHA-256: 897fff5af938d122beefa18c85d26a2b00ef1d77bfbfaff5574cce4065d846bd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload sites and other potentially malicious domains. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristic firings suggest an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a9045f34cc8---18165019225.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://datatech-int.com/userfiles/file/70109388940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35a97116f9c2ef84b061d5f0c52b70cb/donuputonivujukodufiruju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbjhockeytournament.com/clients/f/f9/f9ff496842c877cbb4522510b668f2a2/File/vonigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pune-india.info/userfiles/file/18998281804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74d866404f5443553c4bb5b5cf18bea3/xajapofoveben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aa34406bb7a58ef4f528431eaabd050/nubitukufinat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f11f7c49c---29378875868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/jopibidojewagix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c82b2ded11---78470161201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087554fea3a1---jevepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082401bc9220---mozawarizeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48430894897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqvc9ai46j3asabuhcm14pm77j/40422164518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///32205284496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nmglyxx.com/userfiles/file/96562790117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midlandhigh79.com/clients/866549/File/nusuziwolomusibururumaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48143d6f94---51176678292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/021105508568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202106181646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ecb0956c1---34650119778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronicles.ae/userfiles/files/15946886656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4e96adfc40---92804462641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=sudden+painful+lump+in+breastPDF 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_off00011720.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11720 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 54594a99b67c4db3104fa6952dd59e2a30ba5b07b1630ae43ead3930ab62bfb9
font_01_sfnt_off00012ff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014803.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14803 16704 bytes
SHA-256: 49a7d2e93f3e27ee389ef9368728e0eb79aed810dc6ae133808cd34156cb58c3