Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f64ef61a3cfa1f76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 17:52:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d1a838eaacab2f7102e0e181fe3ede8b SHA-1: a901482cecf4876e2c58852d6cd42e7f749b67e8 SHA-256: f64ef61a3cfa1f76239bd9a6a85df98b3e3b93b5a2e31937ea504306f74bf4af
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm that directs users to multiple compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised CMS upload directories suggests an attempt to leverage these sites for hosting malicious content or redirecting users to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21f498e790aa4dbbb78b64394728b3ed/94675932270.pdf
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c909a6546e61594e9b855837d5ab6b90/fanatiribulanad.pdf
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1881e906ef---74473795827.pdf
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jnfh86htq0ugruuisrcrjro29t/zogiweme.pdf
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/188c5d17fb1ba2c4f1d33d8530c9fb4f/58273894098.pdf
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/vuzakidunurujesakuteja.pdf
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4e2ce9cb8389191c9d98c642f59b373/nujore.pdf
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83fa7e915b55aa91d4a235b1cad251ae/81411049395.pdf
    • http://fecirturizm.com/resimler/files/mizekaxizulixedupotofelum.pdf
    • http://ntrc.biz/clients/f/f0/f0759d16aca5b3dfc9163ee994587b7f/File/61276868680.pdf
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607592a80d42d---80738255656.pdf
    • http://orchid-daikanyama.com/userfiles/file/bixiwalele.pdf
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cf13e5285df56094c39de5de829fadc/sepoxaxezumidabuwuroxu.pdf
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/44310803724.pdf
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afac5427099---kekuvodiwatevipol.pdf
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa63cb21f4---70058424692.pdf
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/gijezubuwovugasapogas.pdf
    • http://ks-puyuma.com/CKEdit/upload/files/95324963792.pdf
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1261d2ae0---90808099245.pdf
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a346cd12a60---kuxanodojabitirisuk.pdf
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc79428c63---59108841618.pdf
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/zabenunadelanumemu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=what+you+sow+is+what+you+reap+explanation
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010d6f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D6F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012581.bin
77e25030ff2d59883141c1685c1ea51fc1d7ce827da5d64d9efe9439c31d031b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12581 19760 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015751.bin
fe7ad62757a79d1f74464943e3ef8b6490f5daaef0ebaa9933d21a2945841ca9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15751 10744 bytes