Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b400cec3a9ddcd6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-04-28 05:27:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-06-30
MD5: 17c512b7065df0931f55438f2f1a1b56 SHA-1: 6984e163def3122ca71f3c72131555f0e51762f7 SHA-256: b400cec3a9ddcd6eb09b851a4441d83672f1288547d8e55811bc7a4889496fdf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites. The embedded URLs, such as http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/509588e32455a01229fa30d56b16b7bd/jopuzosarumakokevefogezug.pdf, are key indicators of this redirection behavior.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fort4sabkh4b3bnre23bddq6nj/mimekowunagekupales.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607406a45a19f---70525751157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5560f1e12476f060bb5585a7debe1a43/rodoxuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/509588e32455a01229fa30d56b16b7bd/jopuzosarumakokevefogezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/dufonovikolane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819b26a7c73---jujopimomominodemixenira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/dajimilofepezubeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f0be89caf---63633817029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de0aedb08f8681acfaab80a78899a3e1/43861409812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3ac89195c---50101396160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722f63bb99b---sesiwajixojexawugufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hlsfbng13239e32mf4o52ink4/13813157313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070fb23cebe2---podusigokuzagekupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0f10c0984aad1cf6cb7b803c84060ba/lusepezolelabufubikelag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rufc0mvocf5ei496hg4eejkack/76579382478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a095e0008f---bobuduzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3170c189f5f30e1251b0dc3d54de1e21/mogepon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079721df2e1c---gusujanusomevikaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=arboles+de+decision+ejercicios+pdfPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE30 5144 bytes
SHA-256: 57a6f996f3f599ccd210e22c82d55fe6db65268aca51244e74667a8cd2bc4f35
font_01_sfnt_off0000efba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFBA 2092 bytes
SHA-256: 9fcfd2b2c12c9d480c0beec3ee39f05b9e518edc5177a7a5fcc68dff0371f8a2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f95b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF95B 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 591e0a27a0c5180ae163238e43892c76ea51c5d5f0f99eecd35cca7751a96d22