Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95f8a6bd40da65d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-31 07:13:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 37c505e6fb01c08adfc751ed201cedea SHA-1: 36efca4ad4751d307761ec096dd4c5a5ccb17ba6 SHA-256: 95f8a6bd40da65d6cedf4b4b68fbd8e61b71c37fa2bf95ebf26404eb4bd4def9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as hosting for other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tvgfdslov7rpdqac0invve3u3/vuwepe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f76e6e167e---tatusomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhferry.com/data/fckeditor/file///24177024424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/23971218308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.com/file/50205448925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30deed9e1e---marerotadavevilekemazunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antasboru.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/5585165058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/7697354015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a233f46bfc---1765179750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tttinox.com/upload/userfiles/files/91349404863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c18c84eb8c39b19d6ceff938b39b0d4d/xelomunarituneje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9bc3bb461---foxefulix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48bfa77346---rigojobisizeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8596981768b168f631596c08e4b522e3/meputej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/2919410244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikoljski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13282318382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1a2bb0577a542739fdd485e94387bcd/48484121556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2cd505757---52560503378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02375g44tsmjcqhon8ns3keoh8/96700157262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/89621817590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinostandards.net/upload/files/51713945997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c904c51ed0---61274678664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24176lmhg43aps42m7v03vidk5/75106910090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=abstract+noun+of+friendPDF 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_off0000e785.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE785 10644 bytes
SHA-256: aee8f0186f6c7b8482d33d420f179d2b1de456988e25beca3d154f9fa7ccbb67
font_01_sfnt_off00010014.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10014 17484 bytes
SHA-256: c84c9d4e64327ab1b5d1ae2c42b77c690ce8f3c213cca7954c6dedd62ddb4a86
font_02_sfnt_off00012ce1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1