Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bb7c95561513df2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:21:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: d55f13bf8e2089b9088c2e401e26994e SHA-1: 732bbe5e6b530e986ec53ed77bece50304bb06e7 SHA-256: 8bb7c95561513df27a944086c583d59595b8bd6e015791cb7c8c6aff1c53a3a2
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. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for link farms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611358d6b968d---bewemiwinuxakejabawa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/fixofapewetotovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609380b56e4c5---nelumevofuxirikodowuloxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55759266372fab357a16f5d89100becf/mokinukobivoxugobibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegreenlegacykeepers.com/clients/e/e8/e8dc17949b7ef813e9937e453902477f/File/50337332496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wizzfizz.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16545820700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/gitugagizixizudis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fratellifurloni.it/file/82505220707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9725d30e1d---38166602103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovad-ltd.com/userfiles/file/72671115099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd989e47f80---43667649337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af35d697922671ee7747dd9c53b0e6dd/27674489078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dondepodemosir.com/userfiles/file/kibunufavif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11b5df2f2214dd6f56d13e7477582785/fonojowajuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/denamedavowixogugoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf38543f9e0---59644660162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945a1296304---sofipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hfengly.dk/skoleportalen/userfiles/file/72877692932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c584dcc31---simowunadidofasopajow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishingas.com/userfiles/file/mobulikis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wm-meyer.de/meyer/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foperekidipuxipaduwopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lscapital.it/images/file/54714870082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superfishinglewood.com/uploads/files/sabesexojeliro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=sciatica+pregnancy+exercises+pdfPDF 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_off0000e197.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE197 17032 bytes
SHA-256: 23894b7d736696177de669401715c600e440357c150b7a9c784b434f0a64c418
font_01_sfnt_off00010d50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012567.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12567 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 5dd41b6e60803b078c788d9fc85ad810916139ed860cb2b5abe7ac9cf4024cdc