Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2e9944b1e6db9e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 17:23:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e8312a3414db61ffca4fa47912ede215 SHA-1: 269654298e7956f75644320cf37b313979944557 SHA-256: b2e9944b1e6db9e096af5930fb4b6c9df6835a4dee2ef60557c4ba1222b280e7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting domains. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to these external URLs, which likely host phishing content or further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d20c7968b8bedeb1185e49b964b56342/wenevorituzesas.pdf
    • http://southport1969.com/clients/861680/File/59446154997.pdf
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f1b6064e7---79496795091.pdf
    • http://thestarbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210619_971EDB26B2300104.pdf
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e708695ea---32642038683.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0183997d9d---24784101202.pdf
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/fusor.pdf
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/rofeniporafe.pdf
    • http://atreve.eu/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/sugixid.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79ln1uv1cf8ab1gd3h7fhb12v0/23006105974.pdf
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/kajetozisitawotilupan.pdf
    • http://waterlootour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210621_C5CF1E9815679F8E.pdf
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d07f8f5a9eca491a9de362c2429248fa/kunutidi.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cfcc11efad0dd5eb7e87f1fa191a1dc/wuxitadomo.pdf
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5q4u5ah9ogpc4v0lfbmb0b54gv/22973239957.pdf
    • http://aisef.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/69738578101.pdf
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984b706e337---nebuve.pdf
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0c58c223f---mijumaxibilu.pdf
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f36d376855---42275769557.pdf
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af548a3c505---bezotakis.pdf
    • http://mdknoodles.co/uploads/files/warasovisegokawe.pdf
    • https://kltccompany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pebunafixolagupitim.pdf
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2gl5list7lqueq2vt7ck28a37/faduxivuxupap.pdf
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2fcae81792---557532221.pdf
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5uqlnmu8ektbft5d404vvl9vf/fesagi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=chess+endgame+puzzles+with+solutions
    • 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_off0000ed76.bin
56a28671eda609d732bf39b5742faa79c631a58380e813809d31e29824310597
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED76 17372 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011b11.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B11 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013328.bin
e72f159baca8c30c82cdc45af374f9cf642fe545618a5c3ae862576c11fafdb9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13328 11016 bytes