Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de8510b833b42ec5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 21:10:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 93b8b7fc0c4e0daab50b3310ac47c51b SHA-1: a4a3a6ab4b291a1e0924302580ad585d8eac1a2f SHA-256: de8510b833b42ec5d4e3f94a4221359fe792d27fb7ac7181e2f4dd11da6f01aa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which host further PDF files. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, and the structure points to a spearphishing attachment as the likely initial access vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f9e592eb5---2629592342.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb0afbd12eb---tidelusifisujakawax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/merimegedojutijojewetab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ee58a1467eb3871b0e9785601f70617/musuxapusewikezijujomalof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfeaaf71f0e---gumimuburulonupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086837dbb933---15627228998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/53766390068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2a757ad802---kupejowatopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6018a4f85c---33559968585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a074ed645c4---19714730170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/jogipojuwigufup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riondene.ch/img/uploads/file/siwozikerafig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/46866622061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d32fb5e75d7---2335264857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/878c28d6da2162b3f4b96863e1552fb8/gijugunugabemejef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superpart.com/files/18802585452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tkqo837g711eno1ndgdn9g47mi/xedawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47817167697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogalafamilyreunion.org/clients/0/0d/0db8e8e54aa701f14f52e26b989c21c2/File/51090868296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/99226610069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73bb8c64a7272e9e163ea396597a6270/luxozotujodozarot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rlk5sd1o9epaho3l80mt79le4d/diwedasabatudunari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/85168298319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1789ea138554674f34970d854d24baa/juxubanirigaduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2bcb115168---wudokujukes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=percival+spear+a+history+of+india+pdfPDF 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_off0000ea5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA5A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010271.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10271 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 58285e15fae2c7c2e64eaf56bb6aa69b62f76369264cc68cfcac882c25ef4d17
font_02_sfnt_off00011b9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B9F 16904 bytes
SHA-256: e8df6d1e555c20218dfd3aa71f7fc6f961769224e16787780bc3dd1932dc22b8