Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8b17f255d64eb4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:29:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c47c2ece5eb236443595f8ac3a019720 SHA-1: 14c5eed72c31abd56945056d7cf1051004977cf2 SHA-256: a8b17f255d64eb4c6a0290e2cd21a251a2881b6d03c6d289ab4b911749dcac33
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host further PDF files. The presence of numerous external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic strongly suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607304b17a884---zanodexifejavarudolem.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091555926b14---zewibupoperulexino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://borisovhlebprom.by/var/upload/file/78481775515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drrajanmahtani.com/userfiles/files/nizamekabawenowatulamad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inncredel.com/uploads/pafowewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santchavarabed.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48630995984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a35451e3a---rusanatixafewigoroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160befd2413c45---mokemevizaradutumomaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ee4b9o1fpnli5mj4smnh38oj3/tixoranerozuxapupufajoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adium.ru/userfiles/file/94235206751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clase86marista.com/clients/25276/File/94594503981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindendirect.com/tempimg/file/wutotenutopimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/744b1554c7320a1d3978bbd4b9c9d7b3/wogerepisolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amghanoi.com/images/ckeditor/files/kiwajedalamodubawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/padinemejevipeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779a9427d63---28736172782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/82251183639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://singer-island-condos.com/userfiles/files/84808110393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02q7hdadjhuurl0rk2t6dbplbn/26357044940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwhs79.com/clients/15834/File/waxabenofisegozebego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubranni.com/uploader/files/19379841797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0631a1a370d075f168805887403457d9/fixodegagenikowijikij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xawikizelupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/81331791145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=happy+birthday+wishes+with+flowers+gifPDF 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_off0000e10e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE10E 11004 bytes
SHA-256: e033132c0fea1115fb4f160ee47fe038229c106feb738285a850520e9d0a1d56
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA5C 17392 bytes
SHA-256: 473d9f02716fd96a68f57729ed29e1fe7828387bde7ccbe0fbfaa76289519853
font_02_sfnt_off00012694.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12694 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1