Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb5d43e8947fb4ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 12:20:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0fabe29e0b6437df67010f44f512368a SHA-1: 38662fb7180cd65718509862d1dc3fe765a9b54c SHA-256: bb5d43e8947fb4aedbe2f9c6144a0be11e1e263489cfa97f9024b62b51be111b
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, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous external URIs and link farms pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating a tactic to leverage compromised infrastructure for distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hangout+in+spanish
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b587e13e4d---18582335050.pdf
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/44564903605.pdf
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/72071699471.pdf
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a8aa53d5b27585dc8704676dbf5f8ef/vatatutipu.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eec58a4964---83923982150.pdf
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/736a8dea026590d3bfc157a7f582d1dc/23096027084.pdf
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/ziwepirezuzejazadeloxu.pdf
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a423b56324e---midujesotuzovegutunine.pdf
    • http://digemnd.com/UserFiles/file/dedowel.pdf
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/96685000830.pdf
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607813cd03b19---72012887174.pdf
    • http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021052221340473499.pdf
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ec6c5e7452---godapizewewa.pdf
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//75133780525.pdf
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7pmalqbj5o87fubq4507is4eh/52661748911.pdf
    • http://kryotherapie.net/neu/userfiles/file/xamafisosa.pdf
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/javadibowipibodakusisegi.pdf
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/nelizolapipoz.pdf
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0sa6bo537fbf1vsqnpcfuiil7/62503233365.pdf
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/gumeromosewumovatamoxido.pdf
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad0a373f708---96277256426.pdf
    • http://hacoauto.vn/upload/files/nugewodaj.pdf
    • http://teakdeck.pl/files/file/59823574338.pdf
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46jt0f8rri29bkvf1tkbgpvds2/sejopujumifapibozo.pdf
    • 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_off0000ca9f.bin
c31d3140c0f7195276afe08a8307dbcdaf4190c5926d8429e96bec2a61968ca7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA9F 17636 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f839.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF839 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011050.bin
03ce0a4056d409fa891d3399dfa7098c2f60d9064f15769686396b121312e8d3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11050 10344 bytes