Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0342032f1b0e3f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:24:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a06cda40fcab81d887842f1f18723ec4 SHA-1: f945c8107a5f022d46535d23dd6d037ee77b655f SHA-256: b0342032f1b0e3f4e5b464852080cf71d248969315056a8dc531f91981ab1d9c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, a common technique for hosting malicious files or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious purpose, likely to obscure the ultimate destination or to distribute malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e2bb6c7052---21352271582.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d4491c65d---xumirodimenigunuwusox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoetryworld.com/clients/53741/File/58427093302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/lekusixigowipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdd19d46713---30735158968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/pesapuguwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/digixukidunelixokaduvotun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpkgoodframeupvc.com/userfiles/files/wonex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02c685a3e3c212eb8f8a010674edef30/fadisototab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef0cfc54de4b7791963b9d39e99cbcbf/23752071913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608178c67107e---rexevotanedetatadijoradi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d2738b1f4d39760c3cbb4cad6986857/9874217341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77f8e8e867---wopudoriwalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkbeauty.vn/luutru/files/xazivopaxexalebofemisurop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4ccdbeea0---15313239340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100eecda473b---525475954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valifyrepapillon.com/clients/6/68/68e1c6a84db99a04c21676ff826d6e37/File/51176599555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carrieres-pierre.com/userfiles/file/23482728883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmdplus.com/userfiles/files/20210528_100813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073565ba443e---60314071980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paglialonga.it/userfiles/files/xomofamepoxuvowavaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hykylalumni.org/userfiles/88435161978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b309877efe2---28540001801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=pumpkin+carving+faces+scaryPDF 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_off0000ed3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010550.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10550 17936 bytes
SHA-256: c6163526733b6ac21fd6d5d4f26e8cca7a4fd7ff6b6152173d81cedf37b94622
font_02_sfnt_off000133b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133B7 10932 bytes
SHA-256: b9a42ad6f3865950bd21b657e96e337c5878d5e37a76b24ad7fd4eb5c59eb864