Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b180fa0fc6d925b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-08-16 18:08:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9a417a90446bb03187bc2fb1f0681759 SHA-1: 1d8deaf7035e9b7969ff132206ea1217ff7eb8af SHA-256: b180fa0fc6d925b3bfacf05661473c55ad032c58452076bcc6dddb51696caf59
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd28039b74---78733799917.pdf
    • https://minhkygroup.com/luutru/files/97129881796.pdf
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/gusijeleb.pdf
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/87507928520.pdf
    • http://findmealocalpainter.com/insurazon/admin/userfiles/file/57663425885.pdf
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0c9cea3f2---47073090117.pdf
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d98b539fb9---rowologenuro.pdf
    • http://geo-equipe.it/userfiles/files/25296710254.pdf
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82ba451c30---jiwavet.pdf
    • http://phuvuongcorp.com/luutru/files/gokejazepat.pdf
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ftd87eh51rbdegct8fdnoug3qu/buxumabuben.pdf
    • http://hengtongrongshang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210728111510.pdf
    • http://studioagronomoserragiotto.eu/userfiles/files/9645520720.pdf
    • https://oceanflowerhotel.com/uploads/image/files/metonetirimebifa.pdf
    • https://dock-levellers.com/upload/files/46428598973.pdf
    • https://aymsoft.us/aym_image/files/tilafogatokanapozov.pdf
    • http://caythuocdangian.net/images/files/1709583882.pdf
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/pabulibojuxijezem.pdf
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082dfd3b56d5---botuxelaxupanedazowudefoz.pdf
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/2999793641.pdf
    • https://mokhalasati.com/userfiles/files/58431165733.pdf
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093e6f270905---31558249476.pdf
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d27e8361bff16fcd9a28ec11bcada901/29572251717.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=the+eczema+diet+book+pdf
    • 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_off0000f755.bin
659f016e7ebafd32b953a09312f1e66b6786906da52e3ea0984797b831665540
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF755 18728 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012694.bin
723a3bdabc144bcea2847c0e30c5a43ae0ec47d6e96247096ca6a7fafff80621
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12694 10720 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013f02.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F02 16792 bytes