Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fde2e7daa027ee3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 02:10:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1f272e3fafd6d3ef42a88901923ce64c SHA-1: 9fbbff71ca9d22f62ecbd1ed301f11e38dceae6f SHA-256: fde2e7daa027ee3ce9b6a1b0f590ebb882d33cb7398de96f86ec1344e2f99a9f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware-hosting pages. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://zonwering-nederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32676326109.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751833cad70---40789348129.pdf
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865b4721c0c---10816666.pdf
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/vivuxa.pdf
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ecnedk61fovpi591f34ia9un8/14240327034.pdf
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b8b4c02b784cc42237920f56213c046/sopatudoxoxebo.pdf
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3873a3290a3506c95546b6696d48107/nigaxusokuvozenep.pdf
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0fc363da5---83313334501.pdf
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021062123525997.pdf
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/26800145224.pdf
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/851edd07865fa393f4b7da7f60d2a634/67939600975.pdf
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868e977f6e7---37558948655.pdf
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6f72f25272---5328632924.pdf
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803ce8ec663---malofejovilupekiwokogo.pdf
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af343543373---sinuwolalidivumabizovi.pdf
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/89680795037.pdf
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d1ca64ac4---98411291860.pdf
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iqjkotlj8utis6bq5hqp1vmpip/vevepalosasi.pdf
    • https://essaidafm.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/70232091998.pdf
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f4f13fbba---4417692813.pdf
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/penljc4f3e3rpfijg27mc6243g/6534691394.pdf
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/48918936039.pdf
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2haqqbsu01ior87n4ut6oompm/63388530683.pdf
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/86225905039.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d498f1431e2---83718512709.pdf
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a8a970264fa53da13914b936b580dcd/vazoruzapodajizimunoboje.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=icd+10+code+for+orthopedic+hardware
    • 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_off0000f738.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF738 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f4a.bin
48e76cad011b0c6f7c217fdeb8d7c0a7f16408788933f917cc84e962cdf5f1c7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F4A 18056 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013e64.bin
190d747f921d599b305d055b01f0cec450210aca1a53d802f68200f506146b75
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E64 10608 bytes