Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b532b761ffca92bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-07-07 20:14:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 80c894e15620c132b08d3758425138f6 SHA-1: 9da6444b633f70c96478d7fa52a3de61e4b1601c SHA-256: b532b761ffca92bf08b00c7cb382e599c20e20cbae39b07964078219c56467b7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating malicious content. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to direct users to potentially malicious or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://lionkingbali.com/uploads/file/95786138648.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3gqf5etn2gsp081r4gemfq08c1/29686131909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e394ce115---jiretuligepapuxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16224420777125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/mikopupotidulumogasezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160732da25c53b---96920492755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gq3qhhm6nljbk5h6gslkkrfm9f/berinomevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10761931edcbbf468f8ecd57340d2ef7/romovadami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210607_B48437C938F8E5D1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f8184484c756d88bc3fa4ffe99dbc7f/gasowewalaxenasitodisawuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bce5c6603b5---87432083295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jhm6pmluc379er03un565l06e6/26603861822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcf6c582344907605d58ac12a8b7b008/35145126883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e722ce2027---doxojopawevajiveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a00387efc91270f16fc69cb323f000a0/94926445312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c13837f33---dokutakaxawogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mlr7rdq9raolc2k8f59e00ncog/kinilarukib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8d6360292---pilomagijilapexulasot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae63cf2418b---33065085712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f784275db1---gifugavoxefojitukijivet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/zebexigiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+design+tattoos+on+procreatePDF 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_off0000fe2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011642.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11642 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 30aca2466c1a70fde19b918f47225484abafd0f39cefb542078343baea0cd049
font_02_sfnt_off00012ed5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ED5 18188 bytes
SHA-256: dffff052706b62fb027f1784e29e5b5b3ac244e0b0dc23667a8a0eef9445f42b