Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b43220946d5374e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.5 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:35:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 673efed16ad72311bf0332e558ffdc66 SHA-1: 8ef4837cfd51cca9388cc754639a5663dfa4080a SHA-256: b43220946d5374e8c8e97773f792ec543bfe86695587ef2a7b5c2fa84c6f2c66
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as hosting for malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing or malware-hosting sites. The presence of link farms on compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to disguise malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eabe36450f---63859736065.pdf
    • http://rotarylaspalmas.orgdocumentos/file/68769854259.pdf
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/kovalolupuvaxajesin.pdf
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/sodowawenakutewukokuf.pdf
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d4cebabca---36323268691.pdf
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/somusezupowof.pdf
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070be453428f---bazufoxipilobuwefedanuzu.pdf
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nieqe9e0o7u505q0mst0rivf4d/pupotibudokaguxukuraze.pdf
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecb108bb40f8e47e4f6370efdc9d48c5/nikutobisu.pdf
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021050204413073499.pdf
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a53250550---17832714744.pdf
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf6e84dafa8f607ed051afaa07c068a6/zexaxedofakem.pdf
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ea41678971baa036d891a3d73f2c2a7/68082506234.pdf
    • https://shiokerbau1.com/contents//files/nefusudeziket.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc210c1072---93450166209.pdf
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0a13b0317---venasanatibozewed.pdf
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/31418143454.pdf
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b0098f5eee8975c95ccf0bcda669dc5/vudewexagoki.pdf
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/717c9fc0b3b281be7e86b3ad0fa593d4/12330941761.pdf
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/68724358261.pdf
    • https://remoteyourstaff.com/calisma2/files/uploads/loretadakuxusibo.pdf
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b81f8b7548e9286ebafce616b8d05424/pasukikuvuvamowijeto.pdf
    • http://olneyjune65.com/clients/d/dc/dcef5d22f85ec69f5810ba62c2e8cf46/File/legipebadupewujopokoz.pdf
    • https://novahealthclinic.ca/userfiles/file/37886805835.pdf
    • http://sbhs1967.com/clients/8/89/8985ce50e7417da620f75e2af787291b/File/kixejogu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=sudden+adult+acne
    • 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_off000120c3.bin
b2a1ca989be1c5ccf8ab908204c7f662089a0a0bf25345db6eb7ca58b8afae2b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120C3 17396 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014e65.bin
0f5914978b1b94094e688aea29175a0a5d90decbb78fd92411379183dff037af
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E65 10056 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000164f5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x164F5 16792 bytes