Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b072ad0829e94f1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-13 20:08:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4cafa2a65bebfe9ddbf5be2999000265 SHA-1: 51bbe32ddfdccc79bcb6873bc3bd9ffeda7d2b54 SHA-256: b072ad0829e94f1ac936fe91ddff9a5a7947abf0ab6cfc9bbfbd18629dd61480
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting and the use of compromised CMS uploads suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f519346756---10970935817.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/jivusesosokava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servmed.net/userfiles/file/9835223756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akanaymatbaa.com/calisma2/files/uploads/metegalofolejadozanar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be4295dcd6d---lowabebolatufabebatamapig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d82a30e8d---30917904469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e67dd804132657cd04a23043ad4fda53/depodeduzave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab7b1257813---gilijitoduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/jawovusodepobatagepido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29bbe02e238f13c6f334b273e6cfd835/wowos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e56539be044565353b7c0eec83740cc/56220511747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608097807a079---mijuzuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42497367887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b3aec565d---79214208178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6a041351e---korudizaluvavadidomepana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6882e49dd245ab37ca4c48ee00b7c4b3/bumow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijahlaurabishopblack.com/clients/b/be/bed082b287f5bb70db4763ab929fc18a/File/tudojerajatisavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608448489a1ef---lanomapadanufododupozifuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugyvednok.hu/userfiles/file/fotoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e01e11d98e---zesixexoxusoluginirolok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/86048962992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4369431ff---95127614191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607daa7726940---datesetodizadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c888c87cb92---16777062780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qm333s80i010bun5u9kal1vaas/45725539949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0b79b3ab5---xufeviwetufodopasijurezup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/lekobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31b8f33e24561f27bce54cba4a0f7e9b/18250424997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=to+tamper+withPDF 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_off0000f254.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF254 17040 bytes
SHA-256: bfeb2b826328d4f43609d1b90fc1e7fc6061740193159b736d72ab830c4ff6bd
font_01_sfnt_off00011e83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E83 10248 bytes
SHA-256: ba6025ae60869a40bbf3460db840b5164c5700660cef55cad4005f4e0cc02cae
font_02_sfnt_off00013598.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13598 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1