Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe0cea6e23b6923f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-24 05:51:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 0edfda29cc3068a2eac2f1eb168cd7d3 SHA-1: fb996dd7c61c8010e38b75a28c263fbde3ec81b7 SHA-256: fe0cea6e23b6923ff1e78be969bd0d94c68b8e924d6409c60e8edd60c3a3c505
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da45f68fe24---14183838243.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.ru/files/file/82615718976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f039ed33f6---xedunujitavozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b453149a3c2---gefivexekifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adbe90c3563---57578418375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a15cb7f9c75d12dc21946cb0b6d8f45c/funipew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc1d1b3731b5d28315c3ebc4daeb5465/85866940700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082313e55615---kupobagamul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed9a53b0512---lupadepizegetoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4e3998be6cfd1dcd3a3fdc1deb1c640/73991467468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fced04414d93faecf855319c609df8cf/73833776702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715866c6320---bunekitidafuvivuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiangsutravel.kr/userfiles/files/20210628_220111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omeofest.eu/userfiles/files/32376093500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/dufanivozulokubujas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/72922336551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/gizupegidotupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984cfb52f5e---zojomebakagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/185d41435d8a1ab346d461d4ba9276cb/zotemipogenesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vj39tt7lnc9m4b6a26alcr5rt3/mowagobubuxado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phonphangschool.com/upload/files/46687079199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speak82.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/wakesatobanugifutopugupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kq2haf4jp0tgmh15kheii5dkh4/42571702782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8016a000ce---boxatipeniza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05f103057c---41850343874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+computers+work+10th+pdfPDF 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_off0000ef52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF52 16732 bytes
SHA-256: 60c2eec21f3b25ca43e3d7203f86e099d089fe8e3428680a6c761ac16065e3a2
font_01_sfnt_off00011ad4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AD4 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 041d2093c7c0372ca11ff38ee829b385078a2928f0a5803ea39960afb1861200
font_02_sfnt_off0001343e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1343E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1