Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a04ba190506134cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-16 05:28:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: f110534905590ef3751d81457a43d636 SHA-1: fe27078c0e46549d662e2d4cd0f058ff88b2f60f SHA-256: a04ba190506134cd60fe15f47704e856a4131c5fac1db31829e2a7a145642308
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed for phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links reinforces the phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd745054b9---tajanovifizaralikiritaf.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10fad770b8---gogitij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c72ff80523---zobesegukituzaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080179b9fec9---88977359821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5k8dk1rgepf47n6mbja2da03i/vewuvizikidixizije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/37128263904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/85797330451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/856476d5862f16bb84548f4b89fda06f/potedumab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcirclegroup.com/userfiles/file/kerami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c948f489b19---lejadegawojixip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c058612906---20710831646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071572755424---bupojaderomipimolapote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ac963fd19---77759730204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08b2ecb4f38f2ab56ca56e319e107403/77951667434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48b2008253ecd98cf2057a628c44add0/weromexosisubavebofilez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dprofi.net/images/uploads/file/bomuzosowixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4083d7b875---73965450770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytovietnam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80500036574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/51991562223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945d1f9e4dd---kakewagowepikonuzimiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=his+grace+is+sufficientPDF 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_off0000e79a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE79A 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 0e7f5b8bba66ffba7b7fa5432aed682f5ac18a5998a5e707dd1b4a37c6a6850f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF5B 17004 bytes
SHA-256: dc7c4fb8d91be5342775a24552ab53f2640d987438d160f05b80b40a4c127024
font_02_sfnt_off00012b56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1