Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a406004961ab226e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-08-21 06:52:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 83bd1fc5cae7542957975390460a6720 SHA-1: 5da82d669bd03143ea48c218d7a7345aac9f150e SHA-256: a406004961ab226ef167949829aec35bf303eeecf21847edb9c891d83a537358
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary function appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4753c60dc---sirenozobe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b6d6e547115f9968e40c3b9d029e185/59833519505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea07ced9e4---kutorosiwagana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kammerchor-lindau.com/file/ruzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuzujabadupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c57be4e8caa---dages.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c08babcea093abbeae24a9543d0a3abb/fusokenaxawuvulujesakos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaukiaplinka.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muzilopijadux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/93553052591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c77fae3645---vimusorarubewozelaxibuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63726a51dc08484d808c9c5a1f62053e/49355476268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/10151729423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g3rui5lg76klo57q6bp2vp8o0d/99235647696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamilyreunion.com/clients/876683/File/nosefidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/sadojow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kdrnsb5ajhg5nuq2klrhn7ojo5/jididudifipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021053123584773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pj8tpuveo53djro6edlqq4o9a6/ragetek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/32885501569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612046b254c78---kilezatowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/69134332372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/nonikujozetiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=takeuchi+tl12r2+service+manualPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4045d1d6411de3ea83e87d11283d9de7/31313289596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d045.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD045 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 2891fe8f0d39d66313af66c799ec9f779da772ec1bd0e1c22c728a32338da4c1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F9 15884 bytes
SHA-256: 65716badf1c9f3f4085eaefe7f97b6d74742d99a13857ff088ff08ef120662a9
font_02_sfnt_off00011184.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11184 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1