Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b917c0cbb88f5e8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-08-03 06:29:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 261e265675af9e0f21e870e19e02ad64 SHA-1: 3fb51a15c31484ea000da64bfa2962626b286b68 SHA-256: b917c0cbb88f5e8a6540473044dca1e88895416fe25af8a5d136dcf0a4bf95fa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The presence of numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to suspicious file paths, strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f08efed967---40263642282.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q27pfi15rjpose64oile6l082c/sisosoxevitagage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9eede5369---42039929425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/givilovirupokef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74s14phh8m7bepqjrjl4iv7at0/zosiwemil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://best-infosystems.com/userfiles/file/37147333712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cc-loges.com/uploads/file/zikunezegezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/57337663049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetworkingpro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44210362603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ludutobobobube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/xiwezaderomizuxobaforekot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matfreklam.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zipolegasul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pebvgnu9npgrl57e4f30a37oi4/3100598660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2184e1db74950a980639bb89c924d71d/52432894616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f77fc6c0a8b0c907818fc32508a0cf86/20445911601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/donabifajawupade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwilldoit.ru/uploads/files/files/88006099561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngor2-3.com/file_media/file_image/file/mugakokedunesowaxifeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6089d5840aae06e1e9e55d8e2253b19a/zifigaviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af1581583a2b24f8c54c0a05fd1d89d6/muxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18vcohqfmmc7vgjhufm1t4faf4/zepivom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/71999031774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/nanubexidet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipro.ma/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/ranakonopezajapomonosup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb07644fd3e---72099779693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855c78eac0d---16445444126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bunny888.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopiniwivexinaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1997fb4de4---51578955314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=cours+ssiap+1+pdf+2018PDF 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_off0000dcab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C2 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 7acd1142ee8e8fe427e88177ea2ba7651ea057a10f51b1794f7e065946159722
font_02_sfnt_off00010da2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DA2 18844 bytes
SHA-256: 3b70f6fe0795e929c0725103dbffef789ed8e39f4d50ca14f431b3b1e090a6db