Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04724806703d463d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 21:52:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 1a20f6b78840a28c6ec6ec4c422e1acd SHA-1: 25f659211e8eb23b12d70188e6a367ae2bd6ec24 SHA-256: 04724806703d463d33526b9e6d02ffd324521272afd17ae9b646b586e7bed86a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a phishing or trojan distribution vehicle. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, likely to host and distribute further malicious payloads. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the true origin and purpose of the links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://apvn.info/userfiles/file/tavoselisumabesolutameg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1e2a56722---96516719364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ee850e2c7---bigatifuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/debenezumanovija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21cd1dac78a443b0edf6a1bc569173fd/fuxonif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753905e8a17---pukusorukuloleza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf4354095d---62140484254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2933a0f3c6df27730e5a17070c844fe2/xotuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca06bd12e08---tojesavigemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/64500388645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebovsem.ru/app/webroot/files/files/zavonumoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbchitchcock.org/clients/8/8b/8bdff38a390027835eb24981312b950c/File/19317213421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f89a72659c8b5368a3a77bbcf629fff/wusipirorugetigiraxijuvut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f67d2124b---63385085743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/85409720459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a71276ee2d815a528cf08c42c3903ca/terogufazemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowanmkt.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jobonozom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b7fdf2cf3---tokepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/36517466007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a7898a36c---buvozire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/misobenomebugunojanudit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/80974400907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alconburyreunion.com/clients/36523/File/42016306340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rorolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/40512749702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905a3d2626e---83046820447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=seeing+spots+in+your+visionPDF 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_off00011bae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BAE 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 1c0b818cf079c63a624f6cc7d9d31a12f7fb9aaafdfb1cf456cda6bf8f355f62
font_01_sfnt_off000133f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133F3 17044 bytes
SHA-256: 93734bb245a3743884cfa31a7436fb49eaf6c560d7857aca9651aa594dc42377
font_02_sfnt_off00016073.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16073 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1