Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f614b1b037592e6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 03:34:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4851d45f20c2c6289960b8c6f479bc65 SHA-1: 1ef70566cd74777b027775557c61ddba6c5ae8a8 SHA-256: f614b1b037592e6ebb9505f10518db6c9fc89c66dda4404396fc14bfe8f280fe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests the document's primary purpose is to act as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/lilanozedolaxot.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/87093786207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5b35130ccf0afb2a7e6987753a4bbb2/88665639528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd2dac25e66---92044453760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7fd7c98425---netimelolonezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boyanbolyarski.com/userfiles/file/wonepamamebofadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharadsangam.org/UserFilesTwo/file/96289440132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6da83a4ddfb26256a5fa36b801dffb13/meliwuxiwajudoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61fde5c19f---pexurijemepiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf0811d0c6c---87376287436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a0f6f3266---74381163738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a75mv4us87m4mbnlkpcsbcu7n8/kinedezuwijugokiwuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083500c17343---lelujifekunotoroniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/karoxurapakerolomefenuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diedacorporation.net/freesiafiles/file/nanerefawegusul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e8fe3f2ebe88cae2310547a0bfb93f4/42170096278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/42217635205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b85a097db---3698216494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c52834b5b20---wopujodifebuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patroha.hu/file/61090358011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/sojixawemorevuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771cf1e592e---34607736085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160713f5ded73c---1166675538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k76nhchc1vq7osvs4uuuutdhsp/65557315060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da92316b66---99954699028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=square+root+of+225+by+division+methodPDF 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_off0000ccad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4C4 11468 bytes
SHA-256: 1b39f32e10cbf1f18585f0d4947ff37f2b3edc79bfea261799fe96a083d468ee
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF9A 16296 bytes
SHA-256: 01b6c8530454a56d6c5f02810aa0b29218486eddf075c2e11ab936aea0857aff