Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbbc5258b67484f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 01:15:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 816929119aa1910c7ef85e9b2109f5d7 SHA-1: bcbc664f49056e152a4eb2332a424812f5b25279 SHA-256: dbbc5258b67484f2d706a2f7b455e522542a491cf1c11695b0ed2dd2c0f5de6e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host more PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a link farm used to obscure the true destination or to distribute phishing content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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 https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb6769af83---jixefuxerizor.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609768fcbab94---33640664436.pdf
    • http://champaigncursillo.com/userfiles/file/53249608000.pdf
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0qni6m7tntuegr2d9s0cl89n83/34265481677.pdf
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65a761d9af7460b47db6a54e135df82e/sevobarasekada.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf8b3a1d68---14641926840.pdf
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/18832344920.pdf
    • https://foodvellythailand.com/upload/files/xajodefemexotugikisefal.pdf
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa3e29b66f33824b3c3b3d7508e0a96d/84406806076.pdf
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd6b452934---91120624207.pdf
    • http://ttmplus.com/userfiles/files/zekumixavudato.pdf
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607658a1bdfa5---xuwexivuvaf.pdf
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/99387161488.pdf
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/965942986.pdf
    • http://gt-outillages.fr/ressource/site-image/files/jokojosip.pdf
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/69892003419.pdf
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf675b838d---beremimiwizibuxali.pdf
    • http://uniquehotelsolutions.com/files/others/85963823479.pdf
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oq9r7uduubonr5eb5j8jpgojja/dexupiva.pdf
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99067484166.pdf
    • http://fittbikese.hu/files/file/widat.pdf
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5ce251fd686c66a5f98d66bdad1c5e4/3566618237.pdf
    • http://georgekoldun.com/var/upload/file/diguwasodalimuzo.pdf
    • http://bamila.vn/luutru/files/3044362585.pdf
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098525999607---62574655115.pdf
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988b4f838f5---gogorumopi.pdf
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608110e63bdb2---wujumabebozet.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=differentiated+invasive+ductal+carcinoma
    • 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_off0000fecd.bin
76366c0ebdc7050348f5b19779a4706f5c71766553dad9198fd22d5fbbfc68cb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFECD 10804 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000117bc.bin
d32b69776ec42a35b2ca5098b941a420380f3066fa1fb71b6fb79c61ec19a4bb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117BC 16996 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001439b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1439B 16792 bytes