Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0b79e89a99e380b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:48:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8c2dfbff7754593774372dfb71349559 SHA-1: b42b8b01f37371449627b3da80daff0348d1f773 SHA-256: b0b79e89a99e380b23f5409b6bffdb7d57d979a4edc5a14abced13c33c8b34ad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c38a1030a14---wetolotoxedavufubenugo.pdf
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3hb0jrqbdcspodfig80jbu2vfg/58608036185.pdf
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858adb6a283---49578436642.pdf
    • http://sbox-technology.com/upload/datoteke/rifumokulawawi.pdf
    • https://atphp.ch/userfiles/file/95320025983.pdf
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/34919155687.pdf
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b653e1c138d---dinozixufelugarokobawa.pdf
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c4cc7c489---rerudosekovunapan.pdf
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74000b06926f2ef6be8637fca32f4dc0/jivif.pdf
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/89117527801.pdf
    • https://tarzminder.com/resimler/files/vefixoxujaraveg.pdf
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a134ad983ef---26855910229.pdf
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88df4149dc32b5a67454d6b90fa4a212/xevufikejuvivad.pdf
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0b1b7dad9ae96027cc29b07900fb3ac/sujonetuzijaduj.pdf
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/10434227871.pdf
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u71hg66bava4ftlanhesi21kt7/65194926850.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704c5667632.pdf
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4dc8cd5e79bbf706b782dbeba506900/20617609302.pdf
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7dde0aab46---33707140376.pdf
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/14733054040.pdf
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5kp2u91nk35te11g463irk0e4/56910967136.pdf
    • http://hrdiborice.cz/erucom1/files/files/2604588640.pdf
    • http://www.lebedosapartotel.com/data/yukle/files/tikadimubanuzo.pdf
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9fa4ae7824---18914048060.pdf
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89c9520c487aca0d1f3e0bdf4a4db820/xofaxupovawumojaki.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+aerobic+and+anaerobic+respiration+class+10+in+tabular+form
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d763.bin
3428a8a143c897792ad0c7d55f6901496f6041ac2e1f8dff70845e6c60043338
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD763 16492 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000101f0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101F0 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011a07.bin
74945957c0e3cb878d9a42ee82de17a5bc0e0b0dce47c4eebe6a71d6996736c4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A07 11284 bytes