Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbe4fd3ba2779d20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 13:46:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6108c3160fe32e30a73751cdb3f8bb98 SHA-1: 9e53811abb0ca03a3a8998fbdf393c1490f26397 SHA-256: dbe4fd3ba2779d200bcc7e86ca81e6715ef1832945feecc95c13e93bd59ec7da
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads, and ML classifiers also identified it as malicious. The embedded URLs likely lead to phishing pages or further malware downloads. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hn1pkqug3k6084mbiu18hbcel2/84411732791.pdf
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1f7da53a7---66260926171.pdf
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48b74570d24833505fd72a921fc93e05/67132309712.pdf
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72bbc6f2c895849e31f453fec1a74bca/2651501970.pdf
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9c4d2e12f---wekebefopivofemajegoze.pdf
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb1c7e1798---87031047109.pdf
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ed01384b1---47983975189.pdf
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d281a6aecb7---36665019679.pdf
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25b28ca82387db130ced6e18cafe48d1/jojapawotugokogijorififoz.pdf
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b47d6b06416---sixewijedire.pdf
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ab15e1a0c---64592532515.pdf
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/10519279852.pdf
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57a7c6ddf2---1439807902.pdf
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/lunadobi.pdf
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dd437acacf1c20fc04496ad77ff5bf3/74411435092.pdf
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d16c2677fe5ea294d26fca2c15cf0f0f/tolubomejemurineluz.pdf
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54f97e4f8c85e246bb41b6b5493e71be/rugiratododexorokufixu.pdf
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qa2hbf99d5vlgt40ijeaa32p90/mawofarowibekirukoxeb.pdf
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/moselelawamemubupo.pdf
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791c83eb858---ledibupagiwimusi.pdf
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce45784cde---94443571287.pdf
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ae21a12f9d0439ed0bd6079b3b8d3ac/58166469705.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8704c74cb0---82302718617.pdf
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6rvhoh6cfbo8hbut1v1upc5lop/kanosituw.pdf
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s51jaq4mg5b0ss86dv8243s5tb/pebisubuvomunukilugawi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=self+isolating+with+family
    • 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_off000119d7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000131e9.bin
6cd3b38993fc3b9b225d158c0d47086303105fe75090bf4243e6a34fd6292fb6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131E9 18160 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001613a.bin
c32c20c8810613a285e10d04939110b9c306be0c3e28555f8f4d687af7b042af
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1613A 10836 bytes