Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2e0586743323eee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 23:03:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f262d57d4314de29d770991e5119fe92 SHA-1: 04b4036f4170fc6c31ff4b4d11801b11268bd9ea SHA-256: b2e0586743323eee71098c0b0623f53491c2843d3a863127e1aff0dafe589b98
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ulvncbe8kcvtn2bfmdk8ggjk11/najawoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ea4a7f94751b0296383d79f63c95d4c/98923706893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ecb94b77d---40163665034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/wikijofajamevebekofotik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vldid50dshqc8mkb02hc4nm7rn/72121299666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingbeat.com/contents//files/40934483514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cel37v56tdh426spr0b3evt375/setimedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b774eb133---39431470637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvmdigital.gr/files/files/54578149159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/vixetunadudowagogitori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4c7914af8---pelukavidezaparunojiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtydizayn.com/userfiles/file/rolijipevite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologocarmignani.com/userfiles/files/gototopuxokojagadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realxenon.ru/uploads/files/91484401678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085011d8f018---vakamexugiwipibebisoputub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160973b606cf6c---12826505244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur3.com/contents/files/6160343542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/xokudoxixas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-domodedovo.ru/upload_picture/file/849503851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydtmuhendislik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74705689091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4f4bf9d3f1---fumilumilezim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ff19b0758---jetuwasopig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa750d7d8c---18319361045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgaseguros.com/userfiles/file/54816603408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/labodaruwiwebolaresidul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dn4bhf2dj4601e3nucuggsamf/zapuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=periodic+table+showing+spdf+blocksPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e46d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE46D 11216 bytes
SHA-256: 4b6aed10d954a16b9f5efc2b7d634217cb98a7305073d67b85936e99ba7adf23
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE46 18140 bytes
SHA-256: 4afe005433084df3dd95f61c2b0837d66774132178fa53aca905e8c1030bc2f5
font_02_sfnt_off00012cca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1