Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9589a20a72733664…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-06-25 18:35:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f00de61687996f21a1b14609fc69bb56 SHA-1: d3adecdb98ab6f9a425308b4816a0883814429bf SHA-256: 9589a20a72733664708b67ee5a7a75ab20a20dbb09ac5e77db6008bb932cc747
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host further malicious PDFs. This indicates a phishing or redirection campaign designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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 http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf0e3f2c4c7---41410634375.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb9eda5e06---zubafizadudurisezeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08e0d0737723e97ea56f95eabae68221/fumotap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad2200ba6a95ea795511ab59b369f7b7/pidedifadufuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nlhre3e8rbgvs88sbgv2hve1e2/98445756868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32cbae70f92d71e8597135a578263633/35749208752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160addc5230771---1565263481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6dc82a00d---pelorutugoxuxavowonaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3abd7aae586e7d0e01dd63e90407563/94859805163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hubbardfamilycircle.com/clients/62940/File/52760596653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c7b3ce64fdcf77074b89ed6825d5fcf/15087000908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d0997927b---40592343527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/37911295146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f9fe1073535763d6cd438b1a6a0aee4/wuzunosures.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/23569910601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9bf8fa4e0d---60206048789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098581a912a1---67425671233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/341b9541d34971d442c466ea81b638cb/buweniwopaguwixafakewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4d87708dbca321c305f8760e496bd33/1538892640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082241c1ac0e---xowufefibiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/343b860a83e8db88b62f9ea5e32d7e50/menigegaranefuros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ea7d8b8b9---kafujopetodosijofipuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fq3p7sq19lbsajnuk89vbmfs73/jijuduworibopulivuvuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=told+you+so+sincerely+your+intuitionPDF 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_off0000bca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCA4 17580 bytes
SHA-256: e656953d847bc4236519910abb019d0e8ca13eecf05afa409c77f408e9e6202f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ead8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD8 10376 bytes
SHA-256: 0bbd5fe64dacecf4d805781617546eb305c8bd1ff1a65332d45efc71cf5a484c
font_02_sfnt_off00010273.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10273 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1