Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbe5e6f2bdf26c53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-09-28 01:27:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a463b3cb6a55f3f49437631fca71a2bb SHA-1: 36805c472c218fd3a066091d0b363703d62e45c6 SHA-256: bbe5e6f2bdf26c53f8a63281268c94e809778166b6c92bdd60e5ef3b7e037123
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with multiple heuristics indicating it's a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The embedded URLs, such as http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147d746e9925---21395183840.pdf, are likely part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide direct textual clues, but the overall structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest a malicious intent.

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 http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147d746e9925---21395183840.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94667586483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etadelloro.it/images/file/kikeseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b68e85cad8---sagenunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anhhuynoithat.com/asset/files/89388240249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishiosatu.com/contents/files/kizevidevinamaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicorn-furnitures.com/d/files/7787106545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/12254267156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asr-net.ru/uploads/files/rofew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb344df133---13250913311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145921b49254---53396533629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cemeba.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/30222410588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cliniquemyo.com/userfiles/file/zumaxuwigosuwiloro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161373670990cf---valenotunimajelafitiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3jf9fvab9h36saq6as39t7jqn/wobuzadajigisowafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exlite.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5952575316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://branpc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27959509620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wefocusdesign.com/upload/files/17177898831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjyhyy.cn/filespath/files/20210902155053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/60986902079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastrotest.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21204576426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cen7dias.es/userfiles/files/loberodopalixamilikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orvositudasbazis.eu/images/upload/file/51819267622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haokunchem.cn/upload/files/vekon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=heroes+3+complete+androidPDF 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_off0000b016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB016 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c82d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC82D 10836 bytes
SHA-256: a096bd0ef1d13bafcc01d8a8ecc7d2dbc211912f21e248f0f2a57411ade24f88
font_02_sfnt_off0000e12b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE12B 14356 bytes
SHA-256: a1935294e7019a1a805e555da454e100c6d118d9d70b59fced6717d17c67eed4