Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e93671accc5d1ab5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-06-25 05:00:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 1baac63d8e5a402385dc3e938abe9553 SHA-1: 948d92868737f7680133bc13a2651457263b1ce9 SHA-256: e93671accc5d1ab5029e0aced3f5bd7121da52bb6d73790daae656a0e22c00ae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The embedded URL `https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+torture+spell` is likely part of the lure, while other links such as `http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df3f073f8ffc5d9151236b6d5a45b32f/93753257325.pdf` are hosted on compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

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://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af4f3ac1f7---logikadurufovuz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a8d8f36569---81335734265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozari-ua.com/files/file/gapiled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/copm84iv56iegqqu8b2iq3huqs/88802231118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3007d66bb20721737711df7451697c9e/3676078491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e50fc12ad9---fidaditidinenojetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/zotiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df3f073f8ffc5d9151236b6d5a45b32f/93753257325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file/%5C/28942407587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/70930009371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e5236b497---12881110087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608011f1b7eac---10104916683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075af3bb3de2---boxirunare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0425c7e96f5b03fd4bd2a3690b9be5e/28567834918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agmatbaa.com/upload/files/raximofupunozulofogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/3246325108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210514141513306331o1deec.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+torture+spellPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e636.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE636 4876 bytes
SHA-256: 5a4740c7a617f2a9b60f29c143822b2c68d447a97081b7bb7655063c9be00a38
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DE 11444 bytes
SHA-256: f5da2f6f7c6e88b55b73c318592a21a99ffca874332d9107b1fee9a19b58981a