Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b035a0f2a0d2b2cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:20:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4e6fa9e576bd283d901d28d1c3b79260 SHA-1: 8619cf0d173668fc98667f5659f70b9d64bb34f1 SHA-256: b035a0f2a0d2b2ccce845a124b10c7f8136d24a29abc80dbd7aa1d84ee22f9b1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites, many of which are WordPress installations hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads suggests a tactic to obscure the ultimate destination and leverage existing vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9765

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vegetasi+adalah+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://hoigolfbinhthuan.com/users/files/tumakafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922a2ff282c---xurobenomolefedor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3fdb92fd40---jizit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/70448577225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf29702678a6b861de5e244026bfba7d/zadeladowarumij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21otovidhgh4657genkkbhunkk/64209356034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f60a88a204fb01f6586e7f8a3c1dbd80/55156970665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourbuilding.ru/userfiles/files/58997360608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laflammerouge.ch/userfiles/files/9454602008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liantoong.com/archive/upload/files/zaxorimiputoxinujubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eobliecky.sk/userfiles/file/1408799053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aabf2a3e5d5c772258407b6b7240a669/xesunekixukalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotusmarinevn.com/upload/files/zetifereguxapofojopobuzad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611542db474f7---37227147098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmi.lu/userfiles/files/98101267792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://music-group-store.com/upload/files/sofexukuzibuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anhhuynoithat.com/asset/files/84210618328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a56af24d04---17321597060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608503012748a---6827178931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshamrockpublecco.it/file/19194425211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79401469953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4jjbho6kajc7egsqd7ugho1bu/60176688965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5e024ba1d6---bobavejobuwulol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhrdbekasi.com/webroot/userfiles/files/99328401661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210615_388187AD53A3ED00.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dceh7dgf5id1j58199bcmgak9q/28421320709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e06f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE06F 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 45b331755c45e0a9e88b3d609561ee7656e92d1d924044ef22b587c661801b7f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7FB 16144 bytes
SHA-256: fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516
font_02_sfnt_off00010d7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001258c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1258C 16380 bytes
SHA-256: dba9ce7e1f09b91718ea4a9017a54da051a2fd7d78443390be7979138c09a65a