Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 899700f297835721…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 17:58:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 17d5c26d9bdac0fd187da9c1e12e3a97 SHA-1: 357ffb3fe59e80d87e9b22b32fc84adabdcec752 SHA-256: 899700f297835721722c31c992a88b4cf378fd60dd823ea74a8ef86558cde325
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for phishing or malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially leverage SEO tactics for broader reach.

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://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1640130c42131ecfa8fcda247564a603/77313986722.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1464a04b533e75901fec2da514f330a/15409225830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/livupufajoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021061010230190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpspcb.com/uploads/files/82139183630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/27837604647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8d7b5321c---3238695694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/xidujixifipepivowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/67362087713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f89b8acae---371296317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fvb789el6v900kt0qm92bf4000/fepobivalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c9cf0c2e6cfed3f86d91f2c54655ded/26168204709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otelnamore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a90413e20f5efbe425cff7927c8acd4d/padafuwopeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38de7827e3---47515348863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160971c0070bfa---76139520663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a3b8b2c28---duledajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/pusubemigoduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1h5ph3lc5cviq9s3egrl53hd0/tidadabunotoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents//files/rajoxixet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210527_6FD77461A7D9F1BC.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc947bf2a9---dojikikewapikizebav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ec0563f06---fokidebeduwiditevunojuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/xoxamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epiphanych.com/images/file/pijowutasufovux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/58554479044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=write+a+paragraph+on+my+motherPDF 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_off0000fa4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA4F 10592 bytes
SHA-256: c3ae8578e114157826af8c3f29889bc6736121a644cd71a24bdebcf76ad38a44
font_01_sfnt_off0001124f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1124F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A61 16660 bytes
SHA-256: a528eae6889fc1bf29d52a7386940dbcf4f308d2c8262ce8647aa567abcd7293