Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe21a0bbc0402ce9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-07-30 14:19:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b7329d4b0403e03a440558c31fca0bf8 SHA-1: 84a1520286f457e6e482a06f52e6a829b3991c8a SHA-256: fe21a0bbc0402ce9682c043748b58de2c3445f9b261b70ee1b881e6a5d6efdb4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content or further stages of an attack. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, preventing a more detailed analysis of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823680aace7---51243253945.pdf
    • https://juniorclublivorno.com/sitonews/images_upload/files/xurelodiroxadasisawigosan.pdf
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f2a71e0f9---40738056059.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098fa182a78a---58022312122.pdf
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d87636662bc---57096971735.pdf
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajhle6rlsa8omp7d06fj6gg0t2/dipumopunulolor.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/liregefafitip.pdf
    • http://lyshiying.com/d/files/17301229103.pdf
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210511012940097.pdf
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0512ec9f4f---14338441195.pdf
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d05pggclq5pdnati62evmgpbek/80946260304.pdf
    • https://etimes.mn/uploads/files/63268691956.pdf
    • https://apartmani-mestrovic-krk.hr/files/40492566893.pdf
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/101617306659.pdf
    • http://xn--80aikni6a0b.xn--p1ai/images/file/rawanibasafiwupadexoz.pdf
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bf124327c3ad3596266352704ed2525/19734619806.pdf
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/593f1d73c495c83fe8325a9d0664c2bd/92304820837.pdf
    • http://clinicaveterinariaalbese.eu/userfiles/files/bezedokan.pdf
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c63f55e26447108e83e21dafa6f11195/79789700552.pdf
    • http://hopsch.de/uploads/file/sifesalutapudupuzolono.pdf
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/xaxadonegoxomigoxiru.pdf
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/41376989203.pdf
    • http://werder-ritter.de/UserFiles/File/sifufekupojepajonukaze.pdf
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6deb52684---bajuwuwe.pdf
    • http://alexanderjamesbackcatalogue.com/userfiles/file/21690647791.pdf
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe28baa768---65410159135.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=fichas+de+repaso+lengua+3+primaria+santillana
    • 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_off0000ce11.bin
870568fe5ecd2ab12f226bcfa8aac49b89f85e2e97db9dc8ca214b012b419c9e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE11 18328 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc91.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC91 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000114a8.bin
8a9edaf2ee46074e83d9997853946c9b1ea9e9335fc4ce3dfa2894975b674e94
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114A8 11212 bytes