Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da49dbefb8b46cba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:29:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 95a5dade9fee6aa12712f64a29b01455 SHA-1: 12c57e717c5baa12cde7f58a41849de8e69f9db1 SHA-256: da49dbefb8b46cbafb43919b017b9fce0a5ac2bb6b574c5dfe772bdb5dc2a850
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded URLs point to various compromised domains, increasing the likelihood of a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ennsj5q95sn82efgun3da9hb7k/67968858349.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070fae84cd44---rajiretolafemij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chp.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28426400437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ukuha3a5lldk3a6nu8nf229sg4/27803032593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/wawalawuniweveve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b77b68293---kazitoxobejojanewasib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/zazunipezanugivepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/28875941415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c201872eb6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistersaviopublicschool.com/userfiles/file/xufofunuxakak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607437b8d0c54---zodikopumodivanisiwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o-dance.com/upload/files/10792224727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://new-baby.me/userfiles/file/52708702456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/damotowuketavozun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onellenorzes.com/uploads/files/kejuzobonekigilubugad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/xofiwipivafebazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2a4620cf5e08147ecb026f42dc73a13/tesavekojunemepegep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/2021722013374284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsubhashawale.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/toponidowaxujuresevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df906b0eb1d---baxadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eatatrudy.com/uploads/files/nojozijij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michaelwilliamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nedonaxofuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aescantabria.es/upload/fckeditor/file///detutidofusij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmteventures.com/clients/5/57/576e8e71b788aac95a268099fab76a3d/File/wevobabuvubejadugasuruzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=systems+of+equations+elimination+method+mathworksheets4kidsPDF 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_off0000d2d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2D0 16540 bytes
SHA-256: c3bc9fadbaae779d53d561f315928ccb714ae94da89d88339c0b521e4942fd72
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD5B 11312 bytes
SHA-256: 33b9e5bea32a9d1aa9279edccf78d6daaf1351ab8d8e70b40108d52a399cc44c
font_02_sfnt_off000117a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1