Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6d2f1f8903db7fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 18:58:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1f6eced06ea78f3a9dedfe2a82e24687 SHA-1: 01625c55b01831aedd977324c66cec9df63c4c89 SHA-256: b6d2f1f8903db7fa024ff4f376ce4b1a9bbca8d8b1bd1c83204fc3550500e58e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a lure to download additional malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609486213fbcf---25155640870.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac01b75872d---pozabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/273cee75df7c323bddfec1b133117ab4/medagudafobij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/55384178611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jvko4i66ggphu9q2f2kem0tg32/supebejolikunajimog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f3i60i00tf2am3iu1s11p5nh5/61652343409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/jalufiduziwidamemelabel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099132a952c7---kezujosaxiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160845ced859ee---sixur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacpartner.net/images_client//imagesfile/342414758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmc2j2n4t3al83fkol5fbi7nfi/30285351676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/66982186491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828f971fe3b---rutizoxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/539e1b5fd864492f2f267d5b19fdbb37/83980651888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074518304270---wogunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609deffdbd63f---wujivanam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f12f0308154a3880fa8c5ca7bab1f7f5/xujubajevusoxugosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db42cbccdbe---xarodowamizifovuvab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afeda625fa9---saboget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/tekugoduwibimanolisuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22c014310c26c3ff4960451e0f54f6d6/lidewavaloduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2215b093d594da7432273f5e7afd143/nunifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=the+walking+dead+full+episodes+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000eb8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB8C 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 45bc5bcbaeff65a2a789ce25aa3d6c81fce81aa21a0decea0d16715879646c6d
font_01_sfnt_off00010497.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10497 17752 bytes
SHA-256: 8fc3f85b3872faa43f6779e08e7473fe3bb13af0b1efab40915dff969d7ab622
font_02_sfnt_off00013255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13255 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1