Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc478368a4725fe0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 00:57:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 061a2f517feb21f74d4a8f715b7e1357 SHA-1: cb0279ded9d25e3d55fe95bf78947030dc5b96ea SHA-256: dc478368a4725fe076144437006dc85352eda50c57e00eee89596e7ee92a4726
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of disposable hosting suggest an attempt to evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b128825807b2da3a79f023838d8fdd6b/90110344028.pdf
    • https://apsco.ly/userfiles/files/48576580925.pdf
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bf30ffbd52b330c38c1b619b34440f3/tekevor.pdf
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hnjemlidgrmkebg0n2b1gp4n63/vubetikozijiduge.pdf
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210609052804.pdf
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfac8abf15---wulazamuvaxotazomifami.pdf
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608852a3ee642---vedijida.pdf
    • http://chongthamnguoc.vn/img/files/449988806.pdf
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e307c87e1da9bfe2aa200263f7d787e5/jeruza.pdf
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1191ab93f---39533279829.pdf
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19eaefe72250f6d9cf17e8fe46be2f3b/xagulanugufenewekufunuw.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086274ebb7de---48053875525.pdf
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/406910952ae0e46c1e930a8ff54db63b/bozomomugolopava.pdf
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6p8nn6h2r8u1bre6qe2op2o71/41649680189.pdf
    • http://marcuspietrek.de/MARCUS/files/file/54710713700.pdf
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c51a2b417081ab425269cb68ffbca1fc/70401277059.pdf
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4df562c40d413b7eaf9e3833ce11b944/2182298834.pdf
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/12500117287.pdf
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982f53ee576---80638889695.pdf
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/nitemopus.pdf
    • https://sakkestadbil.no/userfiles/file/15844008063.pdf
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3cdfcbb69---41509663339.pdf
    • https://egyiksem.hu/uploads/file/divusomoterufo.pdf
    • http://archissimo.eu/userfiles/files/63262196605.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=css+nth+child+with+class
    • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef0c.bin
281a8e0f5d6ff93c8b68c010f229fb6ad7bb76303726e8bceb98a17be6b52fdc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF0C 16320 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001050e.bin
0a4af374cb035e676210909e4790276a619635896d879aefac6ffd5912e9aefa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1050E 1668 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010cfe.bin
04218ec963c2ddadda5bb88f5784b67009554534973592c733bce15d18cf2308
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CFE 18596 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013e66.bin
94e63f716f9c5cc8ea4dd8081e4724eabe37849ef8681fb1a8520a269d7ca669
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E66 10232 bytes
font_04_sfnt_off0001555c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1555C 16792 bytes