Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b09150da74baf060…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-08-12 09:16:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 77408d704fbb0a626058195c53d51cf1 SHA-1: 0df05bb824b0f2351fda2b124fa17cf70a306b71 SHA-256: b09150da74baf060732e829b377f971fc720c61333267f59c0a65914515c01c3
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, acting as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6048

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be467463a9---31289915884.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55ebc91a175cb2ff5127c79f3f656dfb/pepuxagizid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ed0e42ef2---janujava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a71c25e2c---97228016142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0rpo4u60hf2jpfhod4kkv4q684/93563640490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac8nbqe2pvgm10487ilg4271k1/pekudovinefiruzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthivatlieuhoanthien.com/upload/files/79885281193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607696eec6456---zutabexusadiwobowododiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9791f72209---21344538269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carroll1975.com/clients/4/4e/4e2b018d07aaa5a30c3e4fca1c7a8df7/File/47751282933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pasted-radio.de/web/files/96918350382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highlandernepal.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fokawexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettyloupaints.com/userfiles/files/majodaxuserowibumixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3b03b763b---pogepogodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/budozezizoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/xinarunodopirobadesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fdeaf49c5e---ruwibixatokazetepegitilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turskazka.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ragixetiworixetumojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalholidayproperty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79349994303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/14635773830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/375cbb92822bea826d00278a11d4e5cd/76063000921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=chocolate+brown+keune+hair+color+chart+with+numbers+in+pakistanPDF link annotation
    • 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_off000103a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103A6 19140 bytes
SHA-256: f6363eb89957c0ea48f637e653ffacbb5b2515914e7bf8fdb58996196f1fb8de
font_01_sfnt_off0001340e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1340E 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 9196e05a291f9701179dbb15ba4bfbd79bbb4ad1f970d54069f5844af5347601
font_02_sfnt_off00014d9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1