Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e37c6ba7dd93809a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-20 19:43:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d465031b94e99b9add4b37dcb33e1c39 SHA-1: cf680a3b338f0cc7dd5e4e896561e4a0d26834ed SHA-256: e37c6ba7dd93809a91a4746fe1c1ee107d04d9d69a293026e78faf25b0f9de27
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other malicious PDFs. The presence of multiple external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicate a deliberate effort to distribute malicious content through a network of compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/or2qk89qj3ln9bbrfutp7rstj0/jugefosejunoragud.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160912224d66de---gemiponaxabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5a7b241f2---xurif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/kepajimedoxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/76583104077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099155abd76f---90204329552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b77222a68c---pelurowafujik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eda8bf854c1---7932686352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/jimasasiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0885b70d2b7325ae4cdaf7fad618750/76532417383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/34849328247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bikp2839eiicrp6j70e16mtf0k/29626000935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smn68.com/clients/75339/File/96885942805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f3a0a07a5---falajuvirik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87edccgbq5bc4mv13m9gjfkno3/12972345490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eb85fb1eabbc8c785b7d2d5fe9b9d63/nugasawujitovulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bde63d0d8d99a49a69cac4733ea6cf3/62286627768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caycanhtuyhien.com/uploads/image/files/muliwokevujaxiraxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee36d2460d8---dedadovajolagese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koopmankennedyfeller.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dorajedinijopefej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db021a5e28---35802745590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=richest+person+in+the+world+2020+listPDF 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_off0000f43a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF43A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C4C 18516 bytes
SHA-256: 050402e63bef4c021aba79e4216310ee0e7d0fb93407f256fc106c4a36a6f29a
font_02_sfnt_off00013c2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C2D 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 3518d57ae92aada015f60faf6e2f5d818cb0cf55267a616eda5ff52cf14f490f