Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95a3aa4b890088fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-07-27 22:42:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7c8c98c88150aac91a97155c39e92fae SHA-1: 4160c9c65519d0e7c4010e94402c1f8673fd7302 SHA-256: 95a3aa4b890088fdf7c732a28ecfce04265485121ceda113760b0745444d1bcd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage. The embedded URLs, such as http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814de4b2b8e---bavapoduvu.pdf, are likely used to host or redirect to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814de4b2b8e---bavapoduvu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2cde96ba8e---56368449121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/94841715972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superpart.com/files/47515372844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/begizofelepedojonujitup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/42042172971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093e71f6388e---tatina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mh-gartengestaltung.de/userfiles/file/kezumigokusaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4154cbf65---vifoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/sevolivoduropowune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/16419720487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9b73b7955c---19755184075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607194705c53d---25879208726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rialta.ie/userfiles/files/mefazenofakijumubew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-27/20210627185226181007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namphuctourist.com/userfiles/file/pukotifasonililibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/67608463234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7s7uau4udef93ckbesfn9k5at/xugogozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8f878e12a---suparenelabufemozipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rhnujf3amf4oumena1u7l6mrjr/fufowujumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/buwerupusiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/mafokivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/wivowowejili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=advanced+trainer+second+edition+pdf+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0657484cee0aedca0b43949a49a1d787/12566570950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00011040.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11040 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012852.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12852 19224 bytes
SHA-256: ee810530d602b9d395a28243650487904ae112c0068c9cb98878b03e9bb1c2a3
font_02_sfnt_off0001598f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1598F 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 1118cbf5b42fe3e59254face842b8be66c1dbd6ed4c9a6e6a15c487e6758342b