Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 975fc6e07f6bee00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-07-30 20:54:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: bd14fae7dea54eaa87eed2b6729f7a81 SHA-1: 0b7f595be3983199398f89a9f1e1cb6c0cf97e4a SHA-256: 975fc6e07f6bee0059daa6065e2715f95709754f926b5018fb6d217f8c6bb2f0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This suggests a phishing campaign designed to lure victims into downloading malicious documents. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffea1721e1---pejemuxanazimep.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/562d384635f6abae343e11dbfbc746c6/makufoxolexetirisisusazel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itacademyindia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35230307026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbd8aa8b47c---feruzifoxenukamut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printsolutions.ro/uploads/wysiwyg/files/faweralolawivabukinipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://launensia.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pesebixizawavezadogil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/70384945303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoangeli.it/userfiles/files/11027922419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf87a42ec70586946efbb043e7eb5c66/midobejebotupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be6e00b135b---dawiwasijar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6d2811322---73238145274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxfirma.com/userfiles/file/xujoziwewebipokutosud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qunjl.com/userfiles/files/60629307325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b53787021283be65edc14dea7385e3f7/xogejoduzuwuwuwuduletom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nuu0okml1nuthh5gq2rd54hf68/38712495095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umffz21.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79081801691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/54053131928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://platypusspot.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buwimabudafexepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brs.jo/userfiles/files/39139982278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=mp+recommendation+letter+format+for+jobPDF 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_off00011c30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C30 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 1deaf344af0d5d99ded3ffe468a06fd0e4eab7825f5c89b0160195e672bff542
font_01_sfnt_off000134ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134FF 16552 bytes
SHA-256: 7e048ed873e23318176e749fb016877a999c55297a3262aa84ec255a4e43beba
font_02_sfnt_off00015fbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15FBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1