Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7dafd825601cc86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 03:17:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a3d0571208578bf0cd9377d73cfdc4c0 SHA-1: 2a0b37ea68e4eea03af34f7d314cebba23c08fa1 SHA-256: b7dafd825601cc86fd5a3b9e86e32b917c91f4be666f5b62a352cfbd964d0e73
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely to distribute malware. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and the presence of 'utm_term' parameters suggests a phishing or SEO manipulation tactic. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vmkr7isu70u7qu098bip0ic3dp/65783614434.pdf
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e993acc50---39269680312.pdf
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ej55ufkvrimfhurpghfjvbgd/rubizapabefilajew.pdf
    • http://starlightcelebrates.ca/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/ripevo.pdf
    • http://ohstigers66.com/clients/d/da/da15611725e7ba20b6827cbf2e24f87d/File/letujilipubeniso.pdf
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/21462449114.pdf
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12345b4eb5aff91c84f67ce03b37f74e/51991906382.pdf
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f98433cc4f6f438b5ab814d6bf1c15e4/kiverepinojevulovaba.pdf
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785a4f92da3---womutadenuwumejam.pdf
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/20893036605.pdf
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9f2f34cfb1bf52ef69aa639ca89d9b1/dukejisidatadewimumos.pdf
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/39567101402.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bea352416---xorapilibazitofuw.pdf
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wosusefuvudo.pdf
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/74540476481.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cea4a4690c2---sakimefodalewugewi.pdf
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cf9457a1d4---46339111166.pdf
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t72v7mb2q6oiai2n23i1306af3bfv7pb/29626376533.pdf
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v4lktj58tl1rtl2i34bkpsoe09/27808634495.pdf
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thod00isjmedjuihrf8hfijh59/73738221332.pdf
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/utldr6bls4ahqfksd5mj3nmdkc/waxokilixezoki.pdf
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/mefabivapizetijovipolopij.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=sedgwick+county+jail+inmate+lookup
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c4ec.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4EC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd03.bin
d31ca4c00ce46c098561a41e2a5a52cf8d7979b6a331df23c1855b9c50c21ab8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD03 11188 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f708.bin
ef398b97f80d91a4bcde3a32a62c3f92a4671ac20d4c524dd52f64d4e93b7883
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF708 16528 bytes