Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0381d1872bc19f8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:32:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: fbfa7b18bdfdf7e45e1bdd12ec70bbd2 SHA-1: 72283477b7be0717706b2a872b80a152e89c9454 SHA-256: 0381d1872bc19f8d9dceb45e559f95a245cbac679db38e05216445de398ac2d6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was identified as malicious by a ML classifier and ClamAV, flagging it as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The primary purpose seems to be directing users to external resources, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://palezieux.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37171771623.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795d4bdd7b5---zawujixezijitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab3e3623489---lewisefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/xeloparepakinivifuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loaamtran.vn/files/usersfiles/files/fobofumijugumosunijodunel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aphhakt8oarsskupqn2b4h7cip/64161083139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/21969204372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f73817ab0---bagozelirokidebujawufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9tllpbl84shuc338gbkp7apfc7/wisot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://censcakmu.org/board/file/files/bigorixevibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gsacademy.ge/uploads/files/xodozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c369437d4cb---49480266128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dke25praa63i63ihevftfkb54/71033861370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichgiahy.com/upload/file/83175977567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbpcpentecostalchurch.com/clients/65183/File/71551888193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cachnhietwin.com/luutru/files/5395315163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cb0393726b7eef12fbde918bb1cfddc/78540298768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a105bd5f96d---vejenarabevagaleme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd374534a7---pedagedarorimukasasak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e06675b4c2ee828c5c59001169e645d/gomerabimisubafabivapuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/17329286772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a823a726cc7b2ccf4c971a5013710220/betepisuwiboxisuragabivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a44d81ee297e2106b588202d11fa6b2d/zezuzago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=stratasys+3d+printer+user+manualPDF 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_off0000d8ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8AB 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 9b871fbe6f18d3c38a7948f55111d620336dfebd728f6b906882329e17862452
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D2 17940 bytes
SHA-256: 3d87d9097c2e208fcb0003d104f042ca49818fac6b86a3f467a1b62673317415
font_02_sfnt_off00012030.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12030 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1