Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f595b2cbaaada684…

MALICIOUS

PDF

164.9 KB Created: 2021-07-16 16:32:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: bbdc54fc8c54be28b46131c24c65274e SHA-1: f08031dd1f2267f27fd417265611ff8be93e889e SHA-256: f595b2cbaaada6843b4e802dc81e32505c8c3b518ed4bd0dc56a0a466bcf3bab
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites, many of which serve PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to malicious content hosted on these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9735

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://moreit.ch/productinfo/file/19137557091.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608277f52aaae---jinejorozazugefose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9c214b3572---lozijojera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cu-hinothai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mukabiguwemidinube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://millecolori.it/images/file/xilunubegodetovog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717fe1d3a8a---51904400109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/pamigofasanutuwijovamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609480fe1bd6b---94047674456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985fed5140c---juserojubijamadizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de-ko-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vipivesizotadus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b083293a6d7---vetopuxosamijol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f19dfb0681---73156434151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiteriyakiburien.com/uploads/files/buzowaviro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edbeb0eee1496a0f78cf3a8b27fbd398/82242519703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0nlpnb9hmerjtlbdsurejrlno8/17171799783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c02391c25---12358208791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3efb912631---gavawapobebujufonurufemut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a027d96d2dd---10785186552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23e71fa8ab6d297f9f374a6037ecc915/repopisepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/37548638314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/xevifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089fa6c0a26b---polosowazivudisipitus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koltoztetes-szallitas-lomtalanitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/powubosekibipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ced23dc1183eaa01bc296810aeae5118/10651973326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6601d7cac---ramonakan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081191fbc1ff---56151280777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=legends+of+tomorrow+crisis+on+infinite+earths+part+5+onlinePDF 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_off000221a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x221A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000239bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x239BF 11244 bytes
SHA-256: bc29a9cf49aebe78ff9cebf771fd05a54dd21e3869de637b91158b7cc495aea4
font_02_sfnt_off000253c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x253C5 19028 bytes
SHA-256: 7ec4064f4039e5d7e1324af0ab720f735c3b0c9ea5ade2330895afb9c984ae07

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