Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0e2c1f2f1991ad2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-21 05:27:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8b57008db355f38ca5b0b218a8d7012c SHA-1: 8f80741496e2cd7fcae9827b65512697b909f464 SHA-256: b0e2c1f2f1991ad2071bd6a906d5fa3e9cae17990620e2972e7dac7a68e57545
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb0d5333c83---83835807388.pdf
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608edaf7814fb---pagilifamagube.pdf
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d2ab45e6ebeda415bc0ffb524f26a56/mederer.pdf
    • https://matras-matrasych96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/famux.pdf
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tituxefunanifavirufop.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/babofutite.pdf
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iifqci8rqhdkhs48pvbejput87/refakem.pdf
    • https://traveletrust.com/basefile/traveletrustcom/files/reloseziduzub.pdf
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/62126628378.pdf
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c71138875---54148330489.pdf
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf155248bc9---77587527088.pdf
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/67445628434.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/036640b8fc9c083fb88090847fcc4022/xojozanuvonuzawod.pdf
    • https://garyjetcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89a0dd04530ef4937f6e722a21ff43ff/689683151.pdf
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c3d01eef7---91219823585.pdf
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d1bdcaf08---22889754563.pdf
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084374e27f07---22270210800.pdf
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757d2d1eae0---31550598985.pdf
    • http://sieuthibds.net/images/files/45338423037.pdf
    • https://laflammerouge.ch/userfiles/files/zadep.pdf
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849c1f0990d---tumerolibufiw.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=at+3+months+baby+should+be+doing
    • 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_off0000e98e.bin
a9bd0074e15387211efca0dbbdab7a0c652a8a15e2fc870c5712f9f48e9ec520
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE98E 11100 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001030e.bin
4b3ec8789b3b85c0609281cec27cfa2d9797d443e24cfc5c341aeef76ba744b7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1030E 16140 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012cd3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CD3 16792 bytes