Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b697a958900db45c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-17 20:56:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: dd71aec1639ec815b7ad68bf819c3097 SHA-1: 50b9e860608571e4118d7e835a19ea074fa960c9 SHA-256: b697a958900db45c5c1ad3ed6de4297ea0911eef35920e22878c32be7a2898b8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF, as indicated by ML classification and ClamAV detection. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it is used to redirect users to malicious sites. The malformed stream length heuristic further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6l9gt7iodc1nmbtb64scq8417/39743195952.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f07e74319de---95585517761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d31f55f9781f49b1e2768704b752730/dapibujubipow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a604cab8e---gexetixaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wedding-photos.cz/userfiles/file/72622365704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ser048fhs2tku0gu7acr4gio2/kenufuxezepazifejoridaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1959.com/clients/a/a7/a7a82b2a6025f7fafce5d77be70bf845/File/lufumogaziravi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellev.fr/upload/files/nijapasidetiduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutbephottaihaiphong24h.com/upload/files/ronisanutis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimkhimientrung.com/uploads/image/files/retew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c540ead17d---52360351290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/faxubexobejupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e66107b2a278a60a7c467e7912c41e4e/93824645185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608103f89dd4c---13434862594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ff61d22486---51270460718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatishev.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zitonetakekibesato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33e618c82a1c2dc555930b5d361da17f/78445672886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruta.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1477072639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moffatcountyhighschool65.com/clients/878592/File/falixuzejirebenudakifupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpkgoodframeupvc.com/userfiles/files/kutifutipivavipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7786d632d---27050199473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.com/uploads/images/files/20550635219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.me/userfiles/files/84805100227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/rarosinuxisofajulefisotap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+replace+the+keurig+water+filterPDF 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_off0000e742.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE742 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF54 16856 bytes
SHA-256: 7aadd6b786065bf8705cdb15226e287a49d5082b254d7cbd28455a0990e95c46
font_02_sfnt_off00012b2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B2E 11012 bytes
SHA-256: a38d70572c3384632d411b63e6e196963a0352c2bf94ae4bf56afc59aa6b7206