Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f572ee3a073fb75a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:32:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f7b599b0267bc1a0632fde9d8fb27fa0 SHA-1: 274670817933aa77285f05f6c9c70da13d986c94 SHA-256: f572ee3a073fb75a434b703eb519e9d538fb34e8775e5ddacdd0cb833e00151b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links suggests an attempt to evade detection by distributing the malicious content across various domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9769

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/7751254898.pdf
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210628002113992.pdf
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/92591494913.pdf
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd2783e64ca---53977885299.pdf
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b950c6f2620---zamupazem.pdf
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9f1fdfd09---sagoxem.pdf
    • http://tamlaproject.com/userData/board/file/tasidesoniri.pdf
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871c9ca3f76---27519287687.pdf
    • https://callmarkinvestments.com/callmark/files/67392458832.pdf
    • http://cocoal.com/uploads/file/94004274234.pdf
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/lonalokuxajudaloli.pdf
    • http://au-coeur-du-temps.com/userfiles/file/37552048193.pdf
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1t64ap6lkrfnrsv76ifgl5frk3/jiwusolidorosopowero.pdf
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/namofoxulovepobuzezu.pdf
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ikfvauetp2s74aaq1u0ms1j8bb/nasulit.pdf
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c42501062---xamakikidikivigosekuvas.pdf
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b3cb3e84a127537a640b8bade20cef7/47946139343.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608616c42c78d---gonidep.pdf
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db12353410---luwegelukatomozoxuto.pdf
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/kokabifilinuli.pdf
    • http://www.ferm-matic.fr/upload/file/wugiwegonanike.pdf
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles//file/dibirepogumef.pdf
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/lozonaloguzubukikunir.pdf
    • https://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/25514253.pdf
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a4e78ee56---pudegodojejoda.pdf
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72e49a1235f6561477f4e1307f7a4be6/26111424926.pdf
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a50a87185---42846315550.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=spices+for+sweet+potato+chips
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f94c.bin
cc2595a5a2727ff0800e7a39a65692ec17f6ef0a0bb9e599fbdd37940a44bd02
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF94C 10588 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000111b2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111B2 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000129c3.bin
9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129C3 16092 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013f04.bin
6ad3e4cc1fd9678a54afb4727c974315f1c4783e45ba5758f977aa5573b98a2e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F04 17208 bytes