Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 986bce9baea60846…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-08-05 20:49:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 12104d6a605f48eb7e45e2fb09633764 SHA-1: 82cc0ea1125c05fc24a8b1023431e5177dd33cb8 SHA-256: 986bce9baea608466486dc0c90b96949fbbaf5830d0adee21db18101702b6184
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users into downloading further malware or engaging in phishing. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic confirms the nature of the PDF as a link farm on potentially untrusted hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d570ce95542---saninowevusos.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b35abda3b3---18394251150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd8c7e5622---30659170647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/xoturerev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psnp0pit9o2f60dl0q4g9ao7c9/basafaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c1bc313be---95902645374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wardwrightself.com/clients/863644/File/89219073872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://openendrep.com/userfiles/files/zulakisiweguvumevuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prevodi-plovdiv.com/userfiles/file/dejupoxotasaromerud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/585fddfa42d8e7d911a81a465d375fdf/nagejejul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1bet.net/contents//files/sujulizebisezowoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d989d3a5b91867f9c10125ab1ed43c01/mivolomojinanepewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miryangpension.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210707_B3C7D2DB1B75F6B8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45361ecf9304cff2d6598a12c211ce9b/jaxemexamajimeforikuvud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8ed1251bcabccf4080da0c5caf598b6/90879891422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vencedor.coop/images/admin/file/58559036432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63221686920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o29mnk844ucquchic2c8cvp3ol/rudapiravata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02f539qmp9o0fdl72t2bur62a6/90848659461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d190a0c6e4305d20833571481ccf39b/68982470545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richiefamilyreunion.com/clients/7/7d/7d03816b951c94fc7c065ced7c7ccdcd/File/pinifewamuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laweasy.kr/userfiles/file/lobovisolededotomonoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langfordfinancialservices.com/userfiles/files/fuxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607076d49f962---zapadamibaluxubiveduxuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaisar168.com/contents//files/74835883588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickels.design/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65945505009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=the+public+policy+process+michael+hill+pdfPDF 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_off0000cfaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFAF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C1 16520 bytes
SHA-256: 67fb5d7972c33af24ff140aa202fb478c10fe100b7534ea6beb928f47cac211d
font_02_sfnt_off00011242.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11242 11000 bytes
SHA-256: bb9fa5cd2f81390ffe8d3307e4ea092d7c5ba603365f0c01fdb29fcd6294237c