Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d259a8325836121c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:15:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: aba5019cac3cecaa5cdac8eec5bd93c0 SHA-1: c417d289fbf4a1ced195aacf66f5dfc452ccdb0b SHA-256: d259a8325836121cfa91590b05089ada684798594f6178542db2563ac218c3cb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure and numerous external links are consistent with a tactic to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/52213323366.pdf
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8l9q0vh2jaghuchrle0cl303uj/97052538107.pdf
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/477937d24fcefb3e5f208ba406a286bc/soxunewutikikunezapa.pdf
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908b668b788---22278212546.pdf
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c3bd3004799ac91443cff233b7f0c94/nudimujixejodowifidubajuj.pdf
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aa4064b03bb7a8ace2c25a32f05148b/57438925867.pdf
    • http://suachuaspa.com/upload/images-content/files/44415716223.pdf
    • http://istrouma1971.com/clients/9/9b/9b88b062b8d6af44b28e209fcb06d7d5/File/surabaribulod.pdf
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab598286241---laferesavimiduvasuvojop.pdf
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092d2668be31---tabasotozunexov.pdf
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/riruru.pdf
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/favinexogujo.pdf
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b39c92d0bcd---61833809748.pdf
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7uv5j1mi9ksjd1c2tj12r5ugr5/79256482301.pdf
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/79203366088.pdf
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2812a4c533---86492746074.pdf
    • http://dansecyr.ca/pdf/file/15685806950.pdf
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885c75ec08c---rozoxebezawesuwalanewowu.pdf
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ed2f116cce4deb93216c1beaa6569e8/wikoz.pdf
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f642c28f0---bosopubolatufekuzupezoguv.pdf
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5dmhg26s2l1485sv5bor0j50h/zezokodufozelos.pdf
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160930c3d99621---tibakoxekul.pdf
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uc9hch0rkf00gq1adf4kjq3v80/dipemetedojiwaliru.pdf
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5af7ade6c4b4bcdae98fe22b98e67dc/difewinorizumefekoze.pdf
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c918329e44d---dejiridatizaxe.pdf
    • http://cjatkinson.com/userimages/dilovo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=height+170+cm+to+feet
    • 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_off0000dbed.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBED 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3ff.bin
43f3dd721f2fec4342b27f057d6da6110deed017cbaa38f477467d94b5abb196
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3FF 16176 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011dc1.bin
e28c58976a74d9a69de4e4543a0aa63f817b994ee3b7499004fd590091ac18f0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DC1 10416 bytes