Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2f398cf1345bd9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 12:11:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 487c3edd22c00c90a04a4f5061199b06 SHA-1: 1b34380c7f469a2ee91fc6be0af5dc8078cbcd9c SHA-256: a2f398cf1345bd9c65deb82c9d8b4f9f81a1f64bc37cfb735cd110fbed040721
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be to facilitate phishing or distribute further malware by redirecting users through these compromised or malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tire+bearing+replacement+cost
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a21db3b09---93150728568.pdf
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/gudevodezosekewo.pdf
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/33426032289.pdf
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ec2e9ab7c---49562785908.pdf
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9472f7d61c---45860626847.pdf
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607016fe78e7d---46118988330.pdf
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e64fb658ef6737b7eed027c45fea1d56/54227940271.pdf
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/4656915355.pdf
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098217c654ae---14369578881.pdf
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e37581f582---75129187752.pdf
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815fe261441---rixivaxunozizodakar.pdf
    • https://rocksoliddesigns.biz/userfiles/file/63800621431.pdf
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/degumifelovuromilosobigur.pdf
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gv16o7mhsqllujvt2e66hr81ss/1874326928.pdf
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee1472d402---zabobimuvitijifilamop.pdf
    • https://medosojewellery.com/userfiles/files/66968262197.pdf
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2667f002ee4487b487446a8986b49302/8574320136.pdf
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23d6711d1aa304d3f6c6a38d503a1167/49564933772.pdf
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/jewiwekisuzikoja.pdf
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a0eab66c46506a4668b222d40fa6273/kivederobasedimitasalamam.pdf
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/zinufoludus.pdf
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ad5d72f86---32104184366.pdf
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c86b2f2187d2e5a36c298d053c58eba/54888317493.pdf
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ocr1tp33rhubd254mt8e4bmv5/motisesesezorasakulujubo.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e7e8.bin
a1a3d4441025dd7b21b6e9c77155b7fcb484bbb3621660af3155695bb63ab038
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7E8 10820 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000100a7.bin
93636f90e4f78c8a72bab5ab6e5e10b9cc42b3dd4a5dd42e67388ad9e68025f0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100A7 16456 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012b2b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B2B 16792 bytes