Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a66a0aee2ec40e1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-22 20:41:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d0c898af1f4088ba49390a9d355fb87e SHA-1: 657d7730b996571eaae614a0507bed45008a785b SHA-256: a66a0aee2ec40e1a5f625dd8e4dc21fe7761a33fdc870ea45b65d66ba4a904c6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous external URIs and compromised CMS upload links points to a coordinated effort to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9904

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://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/96131013297.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1de3e1c3ab---9075646432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ac7d54ec92c304891e3854554f16a59/56431218396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srsheicha.com/uploadfile/file/96993984069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f73734e1d6---mifufaxovomijipepewezafas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/damalexewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8svltk47k7fes2ofqo4vs4se8u/giwujugodabifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gd9si67tqc487rhocuv6dd4n7n/nemalar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37a35300f8734b8e178cfb79083b9e6a/gaxuxemixurimopik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioaec.com/userfiles/files/67118172703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094297f97457---temusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9f5dee096---58234239630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/094a28df39523555067b10db177f5294/35615018408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6677b5a77f---54732276446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4bfa72a197260be261d1fc5b0b3dace/72751279335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52102685854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artkulinaria.pl/sites/default/files/file/jigovifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b4c4d90a7---6269057659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf4f83dc6dc18f5b35ed90e65a45db19/kevewizorojujin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/tamevaxinuzuletava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dawnrotaryclub.tw/UserFiles/files/magusoputenonoxumofuzavuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/39303002315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bae4c4f28---lodosazuvujadesuluki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domainecomps.com/documents/files/gufugimogabifekupuvapas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekaplast.site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56358796923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/jometebabugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=her+and+i+or+her+and+mePDF 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_off0000f3ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3CE 16884 bytes
SHA-256: 05ccb692d5d0fbcaeaab7af43dc440c611ce9afcd9a10989bd391055da201425
font_01_sfnt_off00011f8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F8E 10192 bytes
SHA-256: 2b2fab1ac0262d90ca42e52d38d6abea5b06296abaf3f4285c020fc64888d6ba
font_02_sfnt_off00013606.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13606 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1