Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6395ed1fb583b27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:33:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 31c71c1a488935084799e3dc19b749a9 SHA-1: fb4404c659b577e96ed0ef1a0108797792271a47 SHA-256: b6395ed1fb583b2752cf090865ee5b57273f53bec5396d155d5c2b5d8baf5cd8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or phishing sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports the link farm nature of the document.

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 https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728328ea9c3---89563275773.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801383c6cfa---84137598610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfe56fbed30---vezonutotogezitazakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/lakakarekututotoxujog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coalcreekcentenary.com/clients/5/52/52f735e63eff8706e1a2a73a20aef632/File/58308282816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607adbc0a2990---72633694017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af86439a18f---69506856992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/bopemus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608efe281f3d7---wakepixot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7da6a81991---bodubigefowaxapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellmysayarah.com/userfiles/files/68223305358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whewfamily.com/clients/12004/File/sowota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotovn.com/Images_upload/files/86302741179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2670184e29029d0de8ceb99bfd994f13/mewanebelolanoburoleti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7466dbb52ec1a58927cf61b322eb15f/xezuwejikageveno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/ratutil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikhospital.com/ck_uploads/uploads/files/nemid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810003bc2e6---85888723831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemail.com/userfiles/file/1628262284bedidajuxufebofakugifexez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernersuarez.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pudonamezituku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ip4bnaa3r1oa71m0v92epu9912/38528965316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doosradashak.in/ci/userfiles/files/11925485835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bmo-agencement.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60172762788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16401285230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magicdiscoradio.hu/userfiles/file/40240211229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korvet-sp.ru/userfiles/file/93784918808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=mr+smith+goes+to+washington+guided+viewing+worksheetPDF 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_off0000f405.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF405 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 70b1a109c6222ce662f905d4dd8188bfef1c8ac9c65188044c364ab5d5655ddc
font_01_sfnt_off00010d3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D3D 18000 bytes
SHA-256: b0f61d083343452694018b8d885dc6aca016f08e0d29940b59e4ac2f9141cf51
font_02_sfnt_off00013bae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1