Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c140faab2f092227…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-06-10 02:50:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 8615202fd0336c0628a8c7a839e52e26 SHA-1: 985889bdd97c17a2f83cf583b911076d22cda27e SHA-256: c140faab2f0922276c48380fc3813c9e59752d86e3eaa62102ceb05bd1795bc6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The heuristic 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to be a lure related to a 'response sheet for a modern manual'. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hoja+de+respuestas+mmpi+2+manual+moderno
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fa7f06139f1433d5f88793cc0f2d2ef/86469066970.pdf
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e3ac59366d---22538216971.pdf
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbf465c2dc---12964602572.pdf
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd5a8810185468cef0bc5e7229da6c0b/soduli.pdf
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/649b9e861bf0eeb3b1e9cb3e6a0ede2c/17314643599.pdf
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-5/file/roruwedeweporemotinam.pdf
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/93628320818.pdf
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5vmtinpsvr98468lt72rbkpk92/40412358666.pdf
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c4ffe345a3---15868440596.pdf
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609421965fdb8---bapisokogewepapepadu.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf8f1438c3---66953116068.pdf
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7aecacb39---31300940313.pdf
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7l4aev5ks1862s010snksepk53/lezawazanazepolo.pdf
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t21a5q74svh8aqj84bg21bhqh6/ribafim.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3134da3bb---zukebadofuvo.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://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cd07.bin
bf21cd6b272938ff0f23748cfe768ee2c119ed01a60e8c4ce60b8305c044d6f7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD07 5156 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000de7e.bin
88e43165ad6aeed70832726dde95a0aeaf8c48c94b9c98986ca52a1be8c98941
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE7E 11484 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000103f3.bin
a542ec26cea93e049a2e27cd59b1347dd9bbdea13775fd7b822b3c2b3136116f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F3 4324 bytes