Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de1afe2b898c2e61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-06-25 17:33:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b469c65d64dd9c67808d351a111884ec SHA-1: f1e8d33e704ff266ee92d7badb2687f85f3c6433 SHA-256: de1afe2b898c2e61c550a3fcbeff606394a002321a200e154b32019f20d62c6e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings clearly point to a malicious link distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9769

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 http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/guzimigovakemubexukukume.pdf
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/jomigunenob.pdf
    • https://devcons.org/uploads/userfiles/files/pigaranugewiz.pdf
    • http://novafish.it/userfiles/files/wedolizixukipojigikiziw.pdf
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8665e24aa1576dc06f5fd4ccc669f9ee/24184095781.pdf
    • http://thuexedanang247.com/uploads/image/files/vetovesiwerexizuzekigi.pdf
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4522e858760b928a8ea91d1500e260fa/jomozefixixunep.pdf
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a17680719e2---26311457096.pdf
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607089a6438e0---buxoboriwugo.pdf
    • http://kamerton.nl/clientfiles/revebewatigetedi.pdf
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/43040283140.pdf
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07e58f3ee025a676d7326382fded8187/4331070691.pdf
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/52440343265.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fe6798bbc---lodubevapu.pdf
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56362786e8e33cc14048f964613206d2/wadujogilabofejewur.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b84b11ec2e7---bemopegixosavu.pdf
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2a39e007a---rosakejosezi.pdf
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d553e04b2eb---2717586065.pdf
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kj03irgrt98uo6ooe0gulq6n9a/58233517324.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45d86e64a7a9f1a4cb24b43f347191cb/95330214064.pdf
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba980e2c3a3---kajasatuxizotusuwomurise.pdf
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f3d85f598---sonotafesotefaganaberas.pdf
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705f8b00cc1---79203414959.pdf
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/34454239208.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763d6687b04---56793948417.pdf
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/9271559437.pdf
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf6255f67f---wisiwabexalimofuta.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+respond+how%27s+it+going
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fd36.bin
52a52bdfae1a8d23e11fbd2af17d5cc4a54f9be02f526a830d80339612791da5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD36 10576 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001151c.bin
fd494554c7a7a2c4488382a78096c535ff133766c7221992be4f6a58596b2467
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1151C 16164 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a8e.bin
509543e935e806b37005b5721e29eaaa0b07f3eb3e22321d02a49b531f2841c8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A8E 17688 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000158b5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158B5 16792 bytes