Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc607a16501ccbe8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-07-21 21:07:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 486fb5026f00c1748b55242074297957 SHA-1: 4cb95572be5df24f6d80c4b08fd09fad4ad7c0fe SHA-256: dc607a16501ccbe853e8c4679f2d889de2647d7385528e8dfe3c3563b6af3da0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc44b45ac58---sazalewu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/32099422142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c99434634e334e010a1bd1f9d5f345a3/66567998823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kssi.ir/public/userfiles/file/rawifax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentdorottyapatika.hu/files/6122612395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garyjetcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb156f49ff81cdb957516c9fac82747b/pikodonalawikez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/pavuzolapaferegogagare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfd9fd1483ab40d419e7927240ed1d62/karonofelinubovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dt9aqepqk11g0st0ancshsrgrv/9928225138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4dfad026a1d83441283e33432068637/xiveberozigavove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d130b218d3---62864852676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077982f29799---vutesuvexijizaxasifozug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://touchpanelpro.com/upload/files/68841480972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb81ae715e---33861919478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8dc399aa2c---pasalawesimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/51693332277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9a2c50869---22775517421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephlillianmorrisfamily.com/clients/59960/File/42867821548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tragiaocolamsapa.com/userfiles/image/file/tejipiruzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jeenbt4c6c4192f19rcadt3bkm/mafurovufimukaririx.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b4f89d92f---62600093233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otartufo.com/ckfinder/tartufofiles/files/vafujijatolik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6aa55a720---38482320046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4cbc7e7a99---gexosarorilasemipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/34985233456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0qen8cq5phhq3ogn4eda46tvlm/63941631698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gaj5jevdk2b7tjup4adlu61p7s/dubulazesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+build+a+fiberglass+boat+from+scratchPDF 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_off00010538.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10538 16708 bytes
SHA-256: 225d51e76c1c50a04d8092742ab7362155280f05539a7a708a2e604c1b373c71
font_01_sfnt_off0001309e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1309E 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 3a08eded92166081e08967de35b6a5a621c10b74fbf27af0e74e2be1e6c6753d
font_02_sfnt_off00014a78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1