Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6a7aad43e29887f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 09:57:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 0cf51abf355450c98d86a09ca0ba8902 SHA-1: 73c8d5c138ce7bb4364dfc02ad7710e9fd1d1aac SHA-256: b6a7aad43e29887f3f8b8bf0fca5cab46ee384135555055e718b33d32ce5fdc0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites and serve other PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or lead users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3sobaifi853ohs9r26ebl8quu1/sisibom.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/pakovejivigulajepulebeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abc00cb4a8---dadobenoret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608419a96e47a---tawoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajeshjshahani.com/clients/d/de/defaee86e9f1fedea086b53a5072ac2c/File/popopawenebabov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efd9f56fb431df76b89a329ddd4ddc44/xonuropa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081881496c72---82139666023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/29304181108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3858522b8457eb156b7ce8263917176/puguladojivonor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d164cd9378---bowijamewilojufiduladun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/zetewusojizoguboxapijox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc2cd3bf77---62172112630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/dikufopiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc72614ba8---16294776485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81bacddbae69ca39ce37d0226284ef81/sabofupedetirur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e314d60680d237bb19e65120ac3b12e/zujajepeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukierniabrzezinski.pl/www/artizam/fck/file/86149164893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qpuk0gfqgutcub6itptlbeamu2/93235981951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/rapotinozutikazozoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttukhp15noqc190680lhl1egf3/75857082822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fe527844639be13a400f66bfcf100ba/bofugujepopisojimoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valeneighbors.com/userimages/xisobizedajufowuxavuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942d9478752---vizon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poongdung.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210619_7A8A42E03915504D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsaischoolamritsar.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/72955210775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/sejatabelukafitew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=toll+house+chocolate+chip+cookies+with+oatmealPDF 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_off0000ca8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A1 10676 bytes
SHA-256: c5ca60a19e1f3a6f4db847cc14883f0f9e951b9555fa37a2ddb118ecb9b67f83
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB3C 17640 bytes
SHA-256: d5ef90f996eb64e3208d2baed2eabbdc9a3b52d1a5bd501f03363c995cfed369