Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d55fbb5a9a886fcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-18 10:17:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e0707c42a2ed766fa7211e57402b34c5 SHA-1: fd35cd8ef70582be1df4b5d0d73adf2ba9410bad SHA-256: d55fbb5a9a886fcd50c962523b8e6fbe3a3314975f07abba8c557da5ccc775dd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs are likely used to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content.

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://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a260535dadf---41716484464.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baqecg50af69bs8m27lqu54oat/vegexigosivopimezudaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baa779d54855e99209d79a980dda6564/mugikokiwifon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halmar.info/userfiles/file/23166671459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9v2uamdb279i4kl85lh5isj0a4/36003268866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cva8f0e2df9ma6a02pl4ubchp6/jodam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b3538270dd464742ee1c50b02d42747/83280390153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/14031339707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/45866937379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082040f0f8ad---bujitegapazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb2e17eb3bcabf4d8aedcfb637a0e503/18156893602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nexibis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkindenetim.com/resimler/files/33892363844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3cfafae531357a1df331439da7c844f/70957177252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30ddc4a8acdef66a79347eeaa47024ee/98541545173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e04k7bmr6c4nt5q5gko4v24q22/milipekaluneme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c88d7aaef61---34909242902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoalavender.net/upload/files/70818813923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franklinbristerharveyfamily.com/clients/a/a8/a8910385c57dfddac3c6311e2bd1422e/File/6410455437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/97871665324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b01112498d5---64526046292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtop-eg.com/userfiles/file/25765131531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3adee85735f5c0a124704f06e122599/gojukexaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/6248557937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stigstudiotecnico.it/userfiles/files/suwuruwulopedamida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=pisces+meaning+horoscopePDF 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_off0000e8d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100EA 16716 bytes
SHA-256: 05c1480a6fc342cebbad4f4317753765361933bc73f94b0c08e5a50669d771ea
font_02_sfnt_off00012c76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C76 10676 bytes
SHA-256: a2f45398c4be8d8eeea5238f14cc626fb181d1d455da0dc2784ca1ae3a6abdc5