Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e74f6a72dbee24a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-08-10 23:50:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 231e50a68e4dd35fb56139fde93f0d05 SHA-1: fd3d9e7d714343692a73134318ddc81f4e445e6e SHA-256: e74f6a72dbee24a4fece29c39a676da4a2de3aa5bffb8d918ed40eefd0f3967d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to other PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign aiming to obscure the ultimate destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f72e1f7218a1a4e6b9f89c2fd3946c4/somekomad.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hillhouseclassof1961.com/clients/c/c9/c9b049383fb65e98d0a4dcab6c176392/File/wevipisobadurejez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03vv1cu9fatael0igh6lesod80/vebem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iguanapools.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aupqei8ak0ao41hh1fgv52phu2/gavotubinupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4a2b212d1---56600177238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/dezopaxasasiverevane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/849bde016db22bdecba9b3ebd6fe01b2/damepuremoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b137a2ae77---xakulolirulinanipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba8b410618b---wozef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8bf9d3d505---59350242838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sartor.ru/upload/files/tofexupixodebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsgzb.com/upfolder/e/files/20210628160023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3hois7gqdhu1nviqlj1v6umnea/38448022554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077573241ed8---nusazijirale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a452aa5768c6808e4315c622f2ae81b3/42401470245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607657d7a70f2---wokenawizofozazimigaxudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607276b34fc12---xawopuruzukopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96bdddd9e64365ef86ce3b7657b8fcf8/wogepuferupunufadukitudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72eb0bf26a19afd2c0abee90f43df438/boremagigadotova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/34689251787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/75139533315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisewood50th.com/clients/3/35/35ca2b70ae131fa39667c240906a3fe4/File/37654973960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/92993059186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/59424591994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32ab0da497---vobafulenox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=bcom+1st+year+financial+accounting+question+paper+2019+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_off0000d8d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8D1 11836 bytes
SHA-256: a1749f73ac5ac72978e4850d30f78a593810f6582bf434d4c0f50310d6be1ef2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010cd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD4 17944 bytes
SHA-256: 6a3e6b82d220240404227040d82f88a278b2b78551bc491f21e27e7a9ce5e5c7