Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 faa7e92c5ecc27f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-08-26 03:04:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 35d6fe16f45cb1390282423543c66f32 SHA-1: a2112bed22ae92452023c14774b7cffb771f3981 SHA-256: faa7e92c5ecc27f0e855f95dd1a06f09fc8b0e41715ec4ee6cf0a5ca1fdc5d5c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic findings point to a malicious link farm strategy.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4789b16678c9d5f7b9fd9055284caa97/3097763020.pdf
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726d3e1ab60---689218464.pdf
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/08/file/202108100347582641.pdf
    • http://theettiaresmontreal.com/clients/f/f0/f03dfc1790708d0b03c48e9879ef2ea6/File/vavonimigukafaj.pdf
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/18096181735.pdf
    • https://motiwalainstitutes.org/userfiles/file/25242739130.pdf
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/juarrt6c6eivsgdnatete55h4k/96257524542.pdf
    • https://carolinevlieghe.fr/images/file/75918093340.pdf
    • http://ntouioc.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/papilomewizujog.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8aa0d89ddf---sitetalebuk.pdf
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab2563c469b6cbcf017a65fd63c9059b/ganijokomalodivepawoti.pdf
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e7aa5f269ea06a063ece514b02e11a3/77074341936.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/potutowenajofujuwezo.pdf
    • http://nutricion-intravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87ddb0baea6e8c986674047fea93a025/5805994142.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac729a525e2---midajusemodotegojimurirad.pdf
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fhs02gqrvjgruokltjcikdrji6/pebitijejozajal.pdf
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b95ecfc0d98---putozositovifad.pdf
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/gabesagunawugona.pdf
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1ae3094b6---wimobemilavajifowigali.pdf
    • http://www.naturhalles.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/90893523631.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ioe9bk6751gctovrtbeo8dci96/paxugugafuzalaf.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=monthly+consumption+of+electricity
    • 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_off0000e899.bin
a567f069d923caa7f893d773e5f74903a9d86cf3621e3b1c0df9c93b8188639d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE899 10792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001014f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1014F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011961.bin
7c417e1c013848a9f0c709b21baa2b8804597ba511c3ffed7d720ad438e5bbb3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11961 17628 bytes