Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b221abc47a5154bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:45:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 3482cdc9ac4af432e47c3100e74c09af SHA-1: c95902e51b875f92ec92224d88b96fa714ab1abc SHA-256: b221abc47a5154bceff2267238d520ed79111ad588940684e73e2ece2dec9b2e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous external links, with several pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting the analysis of the specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/venatasatibomavejux.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c205a434ce---sipixurewutaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a8uvfkanjb7f19e5k44p7v9jj/59479441315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65f3170de41b83066591951f88b0c77d/66313479359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7fef0568a---suwavuwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermiradiatoriai.lt/images/files/63607886687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/60804052877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086168766b16---tabaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a3bb56c65---87927640204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61d0be1253---94939947868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/76335639028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/zoriwiwuwufilorigepoduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullhousetourism.com/UploadFiles/file/20210614123459180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/939a379bc89bef415cff7894436312bf/vudigefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9539852b53a0edbd8db2c121b1b1e230/welipotegeselax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakatka.com/files/file/40257372744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rustproofingottawa.com/userfiles/file/mamoworedisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6s3hkm1mliu6kaq7ie4guq65u4/62577139600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071acf0df10e---60354504059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c99ed845b9fffb26dc3ff428f6d9afc/39149422169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75753e4a3418a265e3ce100bb75b0251/69317043234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a1e2bc33a---sodajibewomatusaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/vipedod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bf2e673a59697f3ed6a5c072dde91c1/62514964952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=biology+exploring+life+concept+check+answersPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/319aa88290670962deda0003317005d5/punamolepomajex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000bf72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF72 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d789.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD789 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 68f22fa8bd0ced16343ea331875d8e505c4f5d737a4fcf03f02bdc20dd5cc4bc
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D9 17308 bytes
SHA-256: 70fa5cd678fe6edf8e8696ffb281b51815de106e8d2fb5d9364ef155f9ce4048