Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3f3e280a3c67a68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 09:57:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 33583c265f6806416272a53dd6e93ec1 SHA-1: b5691f8e544dca03eba88494853a546aa98b5d1d SHA-256: a3f3e280a3c67a681a4a514bc623f203189726c598214e26efe0a257a3879a01
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, acting as a link farm. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware downloads, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d98c068956e---lujamo.pdf
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6c81169ae0---wevamevageze.pdf
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/kevup.pdf
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/90499798387.pdf
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b285c33ab1---tapemosudamewab.pdf
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160996092c5e18---85012785996.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608582c92fc7f---lesoxodupisapowuxasifomuz.pdf
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607011709bb82---zoburaropeb.pdf
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/050435422884.pdf
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bcbce0f2ddd48cba21a69918b18d868/pixakonigodimonedowaki.pdf
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/30213763865.pdf
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b89dd939c51---78380657730.pdf
    • https://peptidturkiye.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77313670190.pdf
    • https://equantumconsulting.com/files/files/86478745476.pdf
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a5fd3087f3---66536677868.pdf
    • http://bruningfoundation.com/clients/9/99/99acc79c432c4c389b364f5b25189af3/File/geduboboweriwanazazag.pdf
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bfae7b6f28---28943606544.pdf
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a7ad68226---25373296498.pdf
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac23a60fa0c---zaxotinajipewiratisivivuj.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850e4a5bed5---gogaxiloviwezubar.pdf
    • http://cc-loges.com/uploads/file/vewoguv.pdf
    • http://quaint-house.com/57971437484.pdf
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210528042327.pdf
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24e2b5de9cf1a291c7a031f9d6b5da48/1941060106.pdf
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d71hfb7eusk5ufv3nn59d559pt/98678279394.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+the+slope+given+an+equation
    • 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_off0000e319.bin
b4d6d8113605236cf106fa1126b150000fff4847539a0d7f4812379be277a7f4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE319 17296 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001102c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1102C 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012843.bin
bb2922e86f97672e8b6b0703480125a2756fa5c73adbe8d0d5447f375c6cc9ea
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12843 11068 bytes