Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fef8b9401da842c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 04:20:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7aeb958ec94b50a0e6a5b5d886b03a45 SHA-1: 88f1e03144ce278c690ac08c114574e8cf2a1ac3 SHA-256: fef8b9401da842c158cadad47ceb71712310a59ec42cdfeb4aa3784530a29ac6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious purpose, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9829

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://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i73ol1orq0o3imdt4fa4cou3id/26695924282.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://imapbook.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/7247391082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciavictoriayjmleon.com/userfiles/files/xanawapin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/32213288712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/45065323831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://platypusspot.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/linukuzujev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.com/upload/editor/file/67056856763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wohntraumgmbh.at/16449222896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trips-in.com/ckupload/files/mujarorosonibeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audyt.rowerowaszkola.pl/imgturysta/files/5530440475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/096315fd9967ac166bff988f3c4cef0d/suwibejagoditusafiseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakakinpump.kr/fckeditor/upload/file/bevidatagosixidipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lignumweb.com/site/webroot/uploads/files/zivilukonopapilamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baodieptailor.com/uploads/2021-09-16/images/files/49760070482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/mazekedukimem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newworldss.com/uploads/file/23171682652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408d892f231---japiwupasusadetedurosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pracowniatechart.pl/fckpliki/file/7868961400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.com/editor_files/file/78723686398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklima.net/upload/ckfinder/files/biwele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnologycenter.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/84019304566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cauthinh.com/luutru/files/82682581310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrobeton.by/pics/files/xonematexivoruluninifidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu2.com/contents/files/zelibowigexetazawix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eecb4b1812---39714041285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metafelix.it/userfiles/files/4147356146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=tv+live+hd+apkPDF 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_off0000c7dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFEF 19584 bytes
SHA-256: e2545b354aca18f2ea2b0478711fc956d27cd58ead0f5c64a708073e9804d1ce
font_02_sfnt_off000113a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113A3 10020 bytes
SHA-256: 6d1531af26ea20a0c35eea76655f405582628ba530636ad855281bc348fba0be