Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b698ec9b0ce2fb00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-07-09 03:59:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 207ba2fff780215d4bb90bd3c9f9343c SHA-1: 114431dcebd5e562f6d0c1f587f7cfdaea0a5efb SHA-256: b698ec9b0ce2fb00583b6d93a4cf3da9ddb62b569c7681d56f71afb63b4ae4d4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The presence of link farm heuristics and compromised CMS upload links confirms the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/idsrpd010frcidjsu0rjqvm8bt/81458551999.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8639a8f3a---11611406590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/577c88d4d7566c3e76a90ad6edf0b96e/xiwufaferexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenrealestate.com/sites/default/files/file/16692370508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160975ba3cd7e5---bikabitofutunokupuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobile-translator.eu/app/webroot/media/files/mapugovidifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alwaysfavorentertainment.com/clients/879371/File/11690339425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//raseroxilom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f37ed0e9d---45417342959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/146e303cb33fac6fd931bf4ab6006e1f/24545448747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19c955cd0924d464fc919bcc4655a8bc/94581408529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/32135986724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masan315.net/board/imagefile/file/kozuvotodiwufoguvobiposus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapmanhighschoolclassof1968.com/clients/c/cb/cb1fed5110c07f199f416a264ee6943c/File/60090531785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangdientunhk.com/upload/files/gepinevotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/24424118212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608709bb3f23c---posasafuzozewilosufaduvax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40076317870919f8a6ce7a8d349caf14/kobapupomevixeturufuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/47923730634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f2b8ac053---50000790440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfc8eps0bvd6qmffsan3ckqnje/jamefasazevokebekugapolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dkr7jco755avogvbtnaqoopkqe/15339989772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874fcf9c18c---35323675446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrsgladysosei.com/clients/f/fd/fd76c46f75d01f7adbe86f52c2a5b8c1/File/pugemazupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namthangbasaltstone.com/uploads/image/files/93691206439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=happy+rose+day+yellow+rosePDF 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_off00010ae4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE4 17752 bytes
SHA-256: 10d9b2541bf64fd21fd146bccd8fc31ffd628d9608ff26e661fae2d91dcc80b0
font_01_sfnt_off000139ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139EA 10280 bytes
SHA-256: 72fbb93a696f23d58b128a1002e521ab26e98f440d0cc453e16de1b19ff98d23
font_02_sfnt_off00015137.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15137 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1