Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb245907178b8405…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:42:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 94fad334dcd6189f5773df36835643f5 SHA-1: 8e46579ead9924110634c4d54913cc6a596ae5d1 SHA-256: bb245907178b8405d4421ed7569edb652bae3a0309a03ddcb1f2f5c333acee89
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. These links are likely used to distribute further malware or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a9436368f---19870642281.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ea113c04a8---55471027253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a9d1b9b08---7331429309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/27689512724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/42373688734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/82510563709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5e0f584eef---zozorekudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sq15jua0q6tt4l35o517dvecp8/75127068027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f28888b8a---vamomipariropele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fcc962799add9a9a1f0e44bc7f6f257/9342928367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/992b72e257ae9deb82eb8bd285744f5b/67335272797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daonshop.com/files/fckeditor/file/pudaweverotupova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f19d4b84ee---safabibixotosaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgkimsteszew.pl/img/upload/files/mozusadenigegoxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/nobetexijarunuxogumax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///50862286493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/xamividezuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3nis9d7rf4m5t52cmbb6km5ckq/11131119849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c3c2d05f4---2216872682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1d8513abda9e972487f737b6008ff76/19647577659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyklo-sport-servis.cz/UserFiles/File/surukuvozisuwipitoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/90299618848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b13aa12a287---tusarixuzejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/voduzadejivezux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=chapter+1+the+human+body+an+orientation+test+answersPDF 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_off0000e9f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001020e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1020E 11136 bytes
SHA-256: d0c903fb843f9946b879a44410b28b678f9d5aad24693a34d1634d86c1f11379
font_02_sfnt_off00011bc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC4 17236 bytes
SHA-256: a239ec0d3a132bde290755e8109673598ea86b5e6fc15b4a0eaab9ea63c44453