Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a91e97583c7187ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.3 KB Created: 2021-08-13 05:55:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 6b23f3a091a0d842683eea938697ab80 SHA-1: b20769a85d5607628fb2c9236b6bdb15f2cb36e3 SHA-256: a91e97583c7187ea4078fd913246e6e8edf6dd430397fd2b5cfacdbdd76bdba1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters indicate an attempt at SEO poisoning to lure victims to these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805e58f1248---72668813761.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0f602de6f---7084602822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babamore.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210701213107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38f28038824960a7b917b42b94b43116/89863713460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea4258e1e8---15890042947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc2421e184---bepog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/50527070777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ferm-matic.fr/upload/file/jinewekumusuwasepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085363459430---puravugizonubimavutozobuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/tenusileputezoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sokolzgierz.pl/web/uploads/files/jebitexabisegomadem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094725fe9bbd---34250204559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreabulk.net/userData/board/file/fatomazotenunuvaremulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toromecanicorodeo.com/files/92485679941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/245ec84225ee452dfda5f5f1ee9d3134/pidujogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/bupesuwusudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7cc786111---fibukukekurepegoxafit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/bululumunijapedetojupud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/xexumebetikipaxolovinij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e07f6049a88---70696875161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iasvn.org/Images_upload/files/77563171361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddc8110bcdc8b2412e571414c355852b/45501498366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/zidatitogaborelelikun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d862afd6181561d578a46401994d34e/23511811791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menuiserie-sainte-anne.fr/userfiles/file/sutanatufomuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4kfjssm5ivk6t36ie1v6r91k78/nafok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=deflexion+maxima+en+vigas+ejercicios+resueltosPDF 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_off000128d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000140e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140E9 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 8cf7321e448fdba95632d7b829b96db02562764234a8cff53b01d9a17ef7a1cf
font_02_sfnt_off00015ac1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15AC1 19212 bytes
SHA-256: 3cede86071a692e38fe51fd162ef061a2eb91c8d4376d6ed4410832fb49c2928