Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d086f47fa872070f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:22:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0ef163b4515d67fd54b6b0b0939e3ef8 SHA-1: 522e1ff6a116b77ae28097b9a647c5a0819a88e0 SHA-256: d086f47fa872070fccb59aa115a911f55655448b98e8dc6a3416d721e515c6dd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest an attempt to leverage SEO for malicious purposes.

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 https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9daae4bf142a6b69a2776a9183a6f617/2407246951.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f059a69051---tewivovoposomogobefekap.pdf
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/81203830653.pdf
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7es4r6hhgpbhll1smke7npl44/tugovij.pdf
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607994246db9f---mikanakawepegabal.pdf
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a0c4fed766f345818c10b96b336ced4/96362644635.pdf
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b20df892c09fd17154abcb8ce53a2a1d/11071721985.pdf
    • https://whitesal.com/data/images/file/5342_20210529040331.pdf
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/74760404966.pdf
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6d7e70d3a0---buwaxulawenafot.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc12a7df33f2099896e1b72dd3917794/dozijuse.pdf
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffd88ba5e9---depofudetes.pdf
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a4gtpnj3bgeum5mk5e3s8lfaq/nofovim.pdf
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5ac36c277---17011820182.pdf
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7f553af87ed210fd791a682edc6a01f/16728279575.pdf
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22e11f9a09e46daa149fd911d35f6d2b/78009148364.pdf
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/31816461781.pdf
    • http://ehsclassof64.com/clients/b/bf/bfa5c4411462ceee4a19e543862d902c/File/tuzumotuputi.pdf
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bro1i1auvm99r2hf94o1p4lqd4/dibokutisinegipini.pdf
    • http://akifkasaboglu.com/esatfisek/images_upload/files/79479265710.pdf
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/141db6225ae1a581a27e9c0214f5a62e/bidot.pdf
    • https://koratspring.com/upload/file/58637200419.pdf
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f08a764be---winiruxirikekuli.pdf
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a320748407---turabarulasobegi.pdf
    • http://utopiasacramento.org/clients/0/07/071cdeedc048305be324eb10ab8031d4/File/xixuzefewujigefukikanimat.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=degree+of+polynomial+worksheet+with+answers
    • 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_off0000e894.bin
d78836562b68e030f3334716bab1e5336cb8af1e7310cbdecafcdca79a38a689
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE894 17488 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011659.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11659 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e70.bin
155eb602082ba3d7ed408158832fe584ef68e7f876d126a067115ff0384eff07
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E70 11100 bytes