Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6c2dcea2d431799…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 08:06:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 8783a69b97d3a1abff4ce25b0ef1ede2 SHA-1: 3aab550e7a0df8cdac529aefb3c854c8ba8dc339 SHA-256: b6c2dcea2d4317997c2f5cdb29b1ba918087406dbed70238fe29e1c7d3d5f9e5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to direct users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780d6b66170---52267714997.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46hgmu10g0d964984qvv6ghav7/79396632812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da04fea864b---wesazolupumigugavetare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e036015eef1f0eb9569952ffb90fc21a/31941622309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-mit.com/uploads/files/23145542984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadmoor77.com/clients/39738/File/97819112632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/7312512819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085365149d43---58387854773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/nopujuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giustizianuova.it/userfiles/file/82793914324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebc5fd9bd0---guxalekudugolomofenimewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f70a21663b---23636268555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aiadn54vgmgtqj9h687uct0oan/93003521183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kclrvkbgrck0ji1kuqenh11dti/rimigemudiratemub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/nujate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7530c5b1b8---zibapizatuwepomopamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debden.org/userfiles/file/bukupajolefidixipiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdfinalists.ca/clients/43449/File/27326805528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d38be0a71e595f81a63f26ede03c5856/jukuboku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/208d8ad7f80dfca1610119c52fdcd0f6/padejibojoxijitenogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diedacorporation.net/freesiafiles/file/80031527945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gultdilvu44odv98ab7l6e11rh/zizizekapepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606feb8b4ce5c---dijuvuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51bb74f451f9b7b29810e34b78d85fa6/nipuguwafumakegaxelokazix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c91559c8d70---fajuditoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=micro+exotic+bully+pricePDF 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_off0000f856.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF856 17580 bytes
SHA-256: 019a0ad8518ac6f32d7ec3c74ff3326f1629022aa6c8c3451bffc47d83208912
font_01_sfnt_off0001262b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1262B 10380 bytes
SHA-256: ca2c875463c7197ba6235fa0cefc5ee0f98cede3dac36fb4241157feccaaf6a5
font_02_sfnt_off00013d94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1