Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8156d654ee7dff9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-14 01:47:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7382a11d2d2a5bcba82b6f5cbfeca01b SHA-1: adf1977572587c9cf1cb79609727b801979d2604 SHA-256: b8156d654ee7dff9d107a9db8916a5057036d38570c1766c63d3412eb5c3d9bc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. ClamAV and ML classifiers also flagged this PDF as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The presence of multiple compromised WordPress upload URLs suggests an attempt to distribute malicious files or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hhd7skb6ab2rrnjkfmgsj7osv4/5179388602.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/73035943186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dae1ad26ad---bamilofotaluwevekig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marmarases.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fapojukepodupitabedupude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1444o7k566gih3bu03hghcq2d/16328557573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/nagiwadunomulum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4b485e96bac11ab2835fccec61d13ea/tilifawowuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078660450866---53675000224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429222606961686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/zamisumuriwedemixogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/wewujadiwizusudobov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/larodutigugapabipiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/renixivegutusodarap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fdbc758e5e---wosoxerabinagexikidux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotop.eu/userfiles/file/ravotojebuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stasta.com/userfiles/file/2994945068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/85639253617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096fb7a09689---87864799141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06dca5b948---xosavozijuzukuzejevugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac5d8181ef---91456778888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866fe851f20---61477497488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fabc0ccb2d---71716332739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/385f671c858b05189a9e7fcbeb966e63/suwogiruvuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-cluny.cz/UserFiles/file/57786105026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e69df2701f---392332421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.almansori-ye.com/almansorifiles/files/56049902139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=toss+salad+meaningPDF 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_off0000eff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF1 10356 bytes
SHA-256: fa0ef139745645a727316a5090fb0b39e077be66be433f18fa618ac997469bd8
font_01_sfnt_off0001070a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1070A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F1C 16932 bytes
SHA-256: 7b2cc479eefda461fdab42b309dc9187c7d51d602f8bd756093b0baf79dea81c