Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5b7ffccdcd4d8e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 18:27:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 34d5fa9112c2716cb5fb60c781c2af36 SHA-1: af977f3f199ad032239b4443db3d4f4c3cdff437 SHA-256: b5b7ffccdcd4d8e4b19eb43a5f745e6071f772b43785d0bb0e36449a0505e1ea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to distribute further malware. The presence of numerous links on disposable or compromised hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination or to leverage the reputation of legitimate-but-compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://tykhestudiodesigns.com/clients/7/73/7311521ca682816632878891c231d107/File/69479820745.pdf
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608283c041210---mojan.pdf
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40bb81a3ce91a648a4a11f1513f1191f/zavijidezuroxovuj.pdf
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/jubujigelim.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa4b07b335---duvibuzufizagut.pdf
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9ca4a66911ebd08f047f2d3e93701e7/3017441564.pdf
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c643bafb0---zarubusavuvuguxavuvizuso.pdf
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jrfesmqp7b0eetsibqfgm66prc/bofidesogijukozuxonibi.pdf
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985ca6a39a3---64366724086.pdf
    • https://cakesandcupcakes.net/userfiles/files/mamug.pdf
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/lijozowuloxupagopoba.pdf
    • https://fenicia.uy/fenicia.com.uy/uploads/files/21611627629.pdf
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745e9e87106---paguzedenowoxa.pdf
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/10187806156.pdf
    • http://thallo-food.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/panusu.pdf
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l1fak5j2di6802pukua79vaiqe/regupofazus.pdf
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/minoluxelodaror.pdf
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ad7bceeb2---34960605593.pdf
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3k6t9c69kmu1lao3o6f6ogm722/3283186533.pdf
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ema4a3gmvek2hhl18hcis9uk47/1442465893.pdf
    • https://okazionche.com/files/22743931995.pdf
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/mejimixajinudofobu.pdf
    • https://b2b-intelligence.it/uploads/file/21460092091.pdf
    • http://centrumbiznesurawicz.pl/userfiles/file/zikunelivegoged.pdf
    • http://mega-stainlesssteel.com/uploads/image/files/jidevunulukipabavazekajox.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=bill+and+hillary+clinton+national+airport
    • http://janyska.home.pl/_mjanyska2013/fotki/file/47243022880.pdf
    • 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_off0000f68d.bin
d1043f6f8d0bbc8943a7e416d12107341a3f08caa8844eabbb8ecfb788422a18
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF68D 17000 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000122a4.bin
0702f18d292162b53e14b1278672220768e0c523c6b3ec2d12cc39ebbdd10724
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122A4 10476 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013a60.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A60 16792 bytes