Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd74fe296dca2af8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.3 KB Created: 2021-08-16 04:15:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 5f5ef637cece90497b107e4f3522a5d2 SHA-1: fa1c58174578ccbaadcd293b2b54ce3027a91de4 SHA-256: bd74fe296dca2af80bbb15a9bac3daeeda04ee6f67825234e31327f6e1dd4d72
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of a link farm on compromised infrastructure is a common tactic for distributing malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://vokalensemble-vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/30856736545.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1926e2c96---sirun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1hlajai63ggfvs64rne2ko6ug/kapes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b2b7c74b2---42649344654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourcechipola.com/files/public/58979862586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac82d89dc9---bozubirumobaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09bef60d11---jolovikuposipanojodoris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c2068fa79---kivorawapazujukijifosod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngshiny.com/userfiles/file/1622831057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massiimo.com/piceditor/file/4643820335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megalightgroup.lv/uploads/files/boxesojotisevefiwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983dd55d096---92921708176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stensoproject.com/userfiles/files/molagozasivapesivoluleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/ririxinopepumej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spitalmoldovanoua.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42594306100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae37c3081c6---18342203312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drnto250rd18lc30v5crqjl9p5/33730736146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ultralloy.net/upload/files/losujidul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/60912777191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantusmarina.com/UserFiles/file/8204294483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gilleyfamilyreunion.com/clients/6/6c/6ce887ac6ce8bbcacf46524318b1f362/File/buxopapexibitubefivole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dedbc5e3c8f---zobuzikaxamemeneviturazeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/24404945666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=whatever+happened+to+spongebob+reviewPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000105d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105D9 17852 bytes
SHA-256: 495c1137f32531d41e38cec3d09dc15d09d5d4468ac77c9ab502249be25100cd
font_01_sfnt_off00013474.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13474 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
font_02_sfnt_off000149b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000161d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161D0 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 8f38468661f4b1c28a1bf30f78dfa8e9f67e23e201b8d5d222a6eaabeb05e82d