Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adec8599dd2a3e0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-17 07:21:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 8747fb42796c79857cbb8c118b25f4c9 SHA-1: 1aeecd8e246ca6b573ff1d22476cf5c8c9d69ffb SHA-256: adec8599dd2a3e0c639eff03bef986a38070ec36df812b281bca5030a19449c8
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 pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6eefce298---zezowodafolopisorufoke.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f066c292b---fajev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b47b703a7c2---16287786685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/xepesulanuwuzolofat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d47158c8a45---tokodixefoguzinotawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mtudepgsm6sgl2oats9a64dfc1/tolugagujixonokalezizafol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mfsj3m1o458b7pqnum68k9a8k3/kojubox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070164db576e---gozonurez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097aff635af2---bixamateferusonijurefujos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://predit.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/telupiwinagufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/levadubaresigezuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5s9ofqhfltionto05olafhe7qa/madinujegit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/futof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/90812299645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///59819229227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccd1860c5983e1b8e2543f220b4a5279/33696789205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d6bb93d1b42d4485e36df7039d475ac/78280755293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecae36595297f9164527addc92fc1958/xupunazuwiwudoxirusaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oij403kfkipqtotbpaq3lhr0e4/86534393427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-kemerovo.ru/files/files/41629437943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a194a1b4c488585f7861eacdac8571c/37102580986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipmarketing.net/userfiles/file/leregakowuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=ordination+questions+and+answers+for+baptist+ministersPDF 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_off0000e663.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE663 11108 bytes
SHA-256: deba3bdb370b27fc36ff9ac04a530e318c01278970fabc08610a1d98f81ece56
font_01_sfnt_off0000fff2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFF2 16784 bytes
SHA-256: 22231a997c4f550a204629c75cd4cfc1fdb5c0933e7a7ae47e4cd2ec20119389
font_02_sfnt_off00012b31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1