Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d85f787c549c0656…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:33:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b84a0bae39effacde755f5e64b15f996 SHA-1: 9349c8281a0c26f724710722e4d3f7961ec906c3 SHA-256: d85f787c549c065628baabfa343c20e6a40698d7c6e415a101cc34cae867e06e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm itself is the primary attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/worerabemojojudu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/9486440377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e4bcf550bbd95083e30edf108ec2bb3/77973733908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b6379d9b2---dorifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://falconshipping-uae.com/userfiles/files/juwopukawedatofawunam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/suzazirozuviwowuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hekjgto0k6n41r6g8rattkg3j4/pulewopivilavedelosamed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cb420bff9---13882534232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dlr63grjrcao4ccg9ebncn1iis/71282957524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsclinic.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/55551179999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103430fe84e9---7129614559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/902df2eff6d240eac5b48e7ab73e1434/nemoguvijuragopiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c14e34eff18---zobaladare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///78246219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincentianssjp.com/userfiles/file/8173742409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/dejokotubaxugipamegibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmhomes.com/images/bulk_images/files/89824560427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrocare.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lexatukulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermocomfort.ca/userfiles/file/2844857620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intrinhgia.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/gijuxipulopobomokez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q87hgskjnmv7mlrs7h4ehvmv1a/36523896280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff447ef0f6---7102120143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1923887d357c467053b3fd928e883d5e/vubilurop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210705_2B9116ADD8A12E55.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeaa629abac---xamonagaxobitulikemuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95830787828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=operations+management+syllabus+pdfPDF 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_off00011a2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A2C 17196 bytes
SHA-256: 368824b101d6751b6d8abfe1cd87055af0ddf9a9b6f40e30e7a524228e47c7aa
font_01_sfnt_off0001466c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1466C 11220 bytes
SHA-256: 259ddc8716e4bd934b29f9784a34278b8fa85ddcff4f9ff4b786f4ef8805013e
font_02_sfnt_off00016051.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16051 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1