Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d261dab9c8f6a76e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:09:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 68237ace97cf0d4a8d52fddc54c7edd6 SHA-1: 8c4174b4e825430fb356e01d7d023c36fea67435 SHA-256: d261dab9c8f6a76ed382750797fc4c9aa04f26a37d58927cc093c2db62059b8f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL targets are indicative of a malicious link distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2154543471---7166384275.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e58c46b53a4---domukurawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantese.eu/userfiles/files/gewutodufototuvaruwudukix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5u5tslupt347a7cni4emjvlcvs/69827931191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202104290520231065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.centralperdana.com/file/57013459642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e79db677e90c024cf7d186edb09d2dd/63620664003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/sexaxovuxiduvugibor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac68e5d6d4f65ebc24955be12e01aee7/pelifiwinuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d2dgroup.net/upload/files/97945112323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d022f5bf8e---39490159798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haisushitogo.com/uploads/files/29117099199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/23756846528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c2a819a73ed7225fe5b23f0da19a049/30575359275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086db564a4be---domobokobujuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/11933158423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b95742c960f---rawizikokapotagilekinez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mexico-airport-transfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96986760652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2305688457e003cd8e6368493897f134/matubebowedanasen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conelser.hu/fck_uploads/file/jozejezelofozedowire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/lazesafejajufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tainandentist.com/uploads/files/202108191803344309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/405982e88d6744972fbeb969280408d2/39621244749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cc95h4cdu8uvjp51eq6g63fj1/88843038200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunakeszi.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/27589259519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=gravel+hauling+services+near+mePDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f909.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF909 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011120.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11120 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 3f8fc59d89a89ad12d5df9e36cc8d43eed393ce82d03871141a0ac8293b17045
font_02_sfnt_off00012955.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12955 20288 bytes
SHA-256: 8658f58a9b4b1bc87750f414c4baa5a87a5cc8fda4d662c6711e00ea76988d65