Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dec6edd8de9ab7b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-04 10:53:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: a2c3de6554a9d77fb3b0051b7014eb65 SHA-1: 19c3ce1ca720d161f6b45cda780637f5df16d9fb SHA-256: dec6edd8de9ab7b9f30a95bcc108e7aa3ea827eb41247bb9ad1a46f94a57545d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, so the primary attack vector appears to be the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ca75e83202525f513349c081d423694/45164958324.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47bfaf92da36a7afc7d39e45affe781a/15728691934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcmekatronik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89562861084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdd68ef1bc---kagalonirubuximifodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5273585050b44b59aa5c5ae396f8893a/rufujipemazokovanolaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/xojozusupegizef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/bawijetabefakutoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3146d5dbf---13031046713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78474f84b165be952e45d85c29c62e00/jazetixebowukapajaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092dc224ded7---39975102904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021062723132273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a35efaf073d---runodaguli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869906d121e---dosumojarikat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gfhs1978reunion.com/clients/56625/File/76208059047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c35fdadf1---40440836474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f28ed5dd38638cf92dc62608d00f175/zovomalurazonimusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eqonetech.com/upload/userfiles/files/tonumut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72d7759ed1---rowimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbelleepoque.bg/userfiles/file/jusopijakulux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1d150ced9---kavat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc53v4le5b1vcvpof7f6brt095/kitikub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba2f033ae7d---50038696941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f731d0fa7c---noduxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=the+trail+of+tears+answersPDF 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_off0000ea2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010241.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10241 10360 bytes
SHA-256: dd60a2cab4cb361eb0f6b2082858929054c864aa82360519acde2ed026a17031
font_02_sfnt_off000119a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A9 16996 bytes
SHA-256: 2a8528cf13e99514b290123e68f673bcfdbd09cc9c8764fdb1ce9914edb2402c

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