Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95d1faaab3cfdfb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-03 18:51:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1b38fafa5355bb6ba54494db26fa057c SHA-1: 9240f96b0820298c2a688c9586016abf14c12626 SHA-256: 95d1faaab3cfdfb8ae7567089b2b773e85ca2c57b56d0579e1c6faed68feb974
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content or facilitate phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and numerous external links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2d63ebd3ab2ef7490b522f8feacd396/batojibuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0924b49233cf7b6446dc75659491a0f/62249217452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ebd0a57e5---43921500291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/bubimitevitoxakifelupafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q32tfkr9iel0dn5gq09koso5es/59133089128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rybarict.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57725424274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7f668464b2887bfafd4787b63ba9737/xukelim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e3927efc5---xetusug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ip3bt3o5lil5q91ben821dnj6n/losowunavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f3b5d322b435e19f7f2aa1f1606f8f0/posogawevojivizuverawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minutemen-jrotc.com/clients/84940/File/nuvajurofizudatexelefowax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb87526b568ff798b054c2fdc34ff8b0/99875342457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1oh62g7ibgs60v1rks2o8sluqh/budidarewevuwuferenor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/77995091685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5db794c29336749b238427d3661cac26/14292365578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siposferenc.hu/html/nemolenobuzevezazelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/sawuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movietek.vn/hinh-anh/files/vidozudozeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptap.net/userfiles/file/fenurodeberevobulijolubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34deec00b6ccdff169afa6337b4b4569/wimotavugitijorifafut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae1d454d8bf---biwekuvuwirobikusolowiwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771e3f156e2---kulofagusitafivaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/71921542172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/91112886817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e311c19e28---titutidomidakexoris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=moto+buds+charge+instructionsPDF 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_off0000ef2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF2F 17816 bytes
SHA-256: 79fa89e71d46a0c68b2b79b22e9f094e45e24b2fd2a2ddd4db1a14a14d81a4b3
font_01_sfnt_off00011e3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013654.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13654 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 31413ed81ee43cd68654843ea68c7eb8342718f589fe2c428867b51398cafd80