Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b955c5a412ed03f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:49:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 48b5d207c7f22a5c05a8b3a9dbf1467b SHA-1: e40a54de193499fcbde1b05cc7d353eeba49a6ca SHA-256: b955c5a412ed03f6e025838c093bc10b7d1b98533e5e6e2931b4498ce7398570
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious campaign, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a340561ef20218a5ea6c394fa95ad7c/nesidikubivipukipowoxul.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9b20680e972069ee35a4d65e54eeaea/vaxijuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df8fb79636---3685701547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eslms.com/userfiles/file/75994300403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/82636889927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaytrogiang.com/userfiles/files/53190536844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607644487a52f---90356736825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c2b57a537---nutomavodifefobas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4bb0437c7---7971061694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2mus.ca/clients/b/b1/b1ca46fdb12d68e762e4a8b3318caec0/File/30216867815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1627955694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreamscapes.ca/dream_scapes/userfiles/files/danubibipozamuxaxulevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/nutudopowezetinelij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p2sbni0refbi0fvvom64gjjsr7/sowazinewatanatoxeditibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929ce694326---sidelowikuvuxazinopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/munotowaviradolofasafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6bb463409---64016936260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olech-rzeszow.pl/userfiles/file/kutukamugomaxisewavewiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotdeals24x7.com/ci/userfiles/files/wuxema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yds-wcv.jp/free_images/files/5866004898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/dadogojibefevefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fluitec.fr/ressource/site-image/files/sugatodusiduru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szguilong.com/userfiles/files/junilamozabarula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ffarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/ledebabewekikison.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f3736a365---vuxoxivaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=ignou+bsc+chemistry+syllabus+pdfPDF 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_off00011313.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11313 17968 bytes
SHA-256: 5953fca1d723d64a6e6d3ddcac3bca2088e1b146172b2b4ce06ed93b6fb17915
font_01_sfnt_off000141d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141D9 11372 bytes
SHA-256: 433b99effc54c5cadfaebd15ca9cb8ea894c2d454e2a1404f03ba77b4878985e
font_02_sfnt_off00015c12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1