Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f84fed7090fd8be3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 14:37:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 8756607039b6d8e2e23970da9bbdadba SHA-1: c72fcf8df882891f3a295fea7427d049922f956c SHA-256: f84fed7090fd8be3ffd6e85109b34be4533828d117eabd757bbdf9b21b216d73
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is used for phishing or to distribute further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs further support the link farm and potential phishing lure characteristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9455

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://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33ec2df8c6bcb51a272884a9ca394a6a/78051260857.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089389354135---tarenigoxaxanawunimefez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afe23362f5bc302e4ddaea2c9827dda8/lebimesiludef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/55936402729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82e0025b21a71fb317d5c9558f916093/suwowidamiwewizivopujape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae4066a918a---71626292165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baef78721b220010c908d7ddd70629a5/20017376658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfdc2070a82---bulufatuvinujoroxidopega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffee1af0cc92afefcecff62c7df41f58/munijibema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanleyresources.com/images/megalakofopekigeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/baxosezibotesorujak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shibbirs.com/media/files/puxobuzolikam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feda3c7f833a674c0782ecc94066f30f/99663076200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d36dca40e3---72210126625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/956b72d6f8e6cd767b593c405b26d9e3/gavupok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9d82lt506mkmshq89jdms3is5/gifizivefunasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2bdrbkmejmh7if2i438d5ne7s/ladafofile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878c9ed1a6f---94893720789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80f033f5de4fdcc341f6da795bf9e473/60759444099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc433b44ef---wutarizetopujubevediwisad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ctfqsg0q551s2beooetontbvi4/52022370015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a55e7dde54be0c9d9ac024b2d8ce50b6/52443609794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a055f24c922---gilobezoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p7ljt7fhqbpcsp385ofvht3sih/67659408175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844caa65cc7---68638027767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cunningham-reunion.com/clients/7/73/7399477c88ef979e1ad3ac38e42cffcc/File/10894093229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=twin+star+exorcists+rokuroPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00015894.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15894 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000170a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x170A6 17316 bytes
SHA-256: 4ad74c882774028714b8e59f35497b36954396fd175d0792009b0859ceec952e
font_02_sfnt_off00019d37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19D37 10520 bytes
SHA-256: a02e67bfb4447b48dd5b2ad374b6742166ca26ebb64a0ccef6471ffa66168d56
font_03_sfnt_off0001b56b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B56B 28064 bytes
SHA-256: d8ba0c25f695f337704d0619196ea02d3129318208a7cd5fb3a4f1e22bb1f83e