Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ceaac038e3f4d4fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 14:15:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 08d6f198b469969cd7a17a2015c4ce5e SHA-1: d517be7d8939726846f4c61d7fc9688b87487f5e SHA-256: ceaac038e3f4d4fe835260038202310b10b79edcc3a50b6598b4b0746d2e1657
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing the FormCraft plugin for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm on compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and leverage potentially trusted domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092d05d498cf---27481170074.pdf
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092f633a4ae4---2034834663.pdf
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088f3986abea---97114199163.pdf
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/gelepiwiviparigumumuzazef.pdf
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4e9991d2e---pikenawij.pdf
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4ab2784d1---mapemewokozutes.pdf
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a27416cba14c812adeb0b036c1237aad/49620372214.pdf
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/159c38b7396f9b8cb6605aae4ab1d4c6/zumajipuzodemiba.pdf
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/306a30bc8cb3b93a06dc1e2863365ffb/benakedogo.pdf
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/sozodesug.pdf
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c45e2440088778f7aa7a70e9cab3aa8c/degiges.pdf
    • http://microcement.ua/userfiles/file/78844175001.pdf
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/82676918519.pdf
    • https://qpshouse.com/upload/image/file/bukufiripavafikiv.pdf
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hqrrenp21fvm08ikvnmrlej7ba/rodowusonipoxowixadaruta.pdf
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/xoses.pdf
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lq3lcdjdh6qr2vdlk1fuvs9qeo/bisoteposilusikabi.pdf
    • https://brtim.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/75731267752.pdf
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/razafojafapos.pdf
    • https://ntpuvoice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49441563855.pdf
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb7b80c8b0---73468443184.pdf
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c408aed25---11684843364.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=principle+of+conservation+of+charge
    • 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_off0000fdc7.bin
9697ec0fa17356eba7fb8dbf33505de0b169f8a5b6b243dbc9eb89dddfdce713
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDC7 20096 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000132bf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132BF 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014ad6.bin
62e0e27319228fb496a73f813d2b100ef7bf441d301082d435b1c541e504a49a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AD6 10828 bytes