Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be634b2588bcf7e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-17 05:28:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dcd0a4ab96c2ce580ba8c8f5e5c4e471 SHA-1: b5ac4fe97d72a9d396f6ca90fb109b491bbb7f02 SHA-256: be634b2588bcf7e6d5e3b4dc03f33483a6dce7ebfcef8df95f9285d8a917d764
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to click on these links, which are hosted on various domains, some of which appear to be disposable or compromised.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://telechips.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/naganujelopozuludusez.pdf
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/ninadixomurajuni.pdf
    • https://webornate.com/viking1/uploads/files/14155807561.pdf
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607875bc1775d---mutedapakemidokuwubej.pdf
    • http://zartmobilia.com/userfiles/file/20210521192212.pdf
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec6f51cfca07a7701898998da0d9354b/89294787944.pdf
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/werusafupuxorid.pdf
    • http://baugeraeteverleih.de/benutzerdateien/27873151171.pdf
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5309dc47f3b26fe2c5ddf563e934c346/jilupefu.pdf
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c068836249dbfde2b605865e410f490/visepinorepajogimidudoma.pdf
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5105b26c5---nutovejigemefezofadewex.pdf
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074834a2c7b8---80869037961.pdf
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7aa6eac315---vikepofevadujuwaruvimo.pdf
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/44605790203.pdf
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/podejapukebedifas.pdf
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p6qojp7hptqsf8pfir1iti8oo2/37148830498.pdf
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da2aaca20e---vimunagip.pdf
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f0afaa6c9---dijokumolabozet.pdf
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u049dg8apk3b5nevjnbtrtv8ef/tawikaditozebasizivuliril.pdf
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755c6646bf1---20719998961.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a7b1783e9---68816869785.pdf
    • http://reneenicoleevents.com/clients/865995/File/linizezenaxuxidebasozonak.pdf
    • https://makanbanyak.net/contents//files/5203316330.pdf
    • https://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/95265753566.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=real+time+transaction+processing+system
    • 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_off0000ea4c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA4C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010263.bin
d40a44ea7e95330d3b842965d2f0bc240be2e1962a9060e63af80da3636989cd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10263 10876 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011b7c.bin
f4ad42942a587874471cff36234b946b827fc8e83506dfd0249df8f1e869aff5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B7C 16512 bytes