Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0817169836d85b15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 07:16:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 12faf4c2ceb89cae73675bec6434d31d SHA-1: 681c375325e9028b54295b86b9b1f5f37b479da2 SHA-256: 0817169836d85b150cf02e6316bcbb8222df2543f3be3371da07a5f85194da11
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on potentially compromised websites or disposable domains. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=friends+of+the+sierra+vista+animal+shelter PDF link annotation
    • https://usdcp.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/guvasomupemepemavotoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66c0452433---28082146979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/rijojizutebefanasagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7ce718156f---17009373928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1cb1511f66---zugulasokujokolaraxolowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34d4fd0cafb3b41afcf76b447f617d14/69892596001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea734214f2---45180222886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/26635727650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0ecc53ef9---99654798436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutrisoilvietnam.com/upload/files/nenazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/tomugovidatijexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8vtnj87c7jos38qrat1419u74/sulovukizerikufobokav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2032c42aab---benebuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9e000e88bc---ritososubuvigaraja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/69987869279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbsqm31p34iton0tef913bacu5/90125386661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbd91fb35c0---taferusizijukavite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c92b6ae88e---7470202648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ryokanclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210621_A236CE2D12D343F9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d01ae0969---tujadurezamepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rsu30kjs00cctqgbpnr1qjvcf2/42347585877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d90b1bc7ba7833a38e8d91547e70dc13/zabipajifepuvolujakabowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ae9976995---nopugisixajirized.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a84b56b193e3a7cf622e63d58fb5826/vovinogatiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b300a60e7a0---navujepeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f0c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C9 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 01890e504eb75162b5050b750e5f2b58e3b85c3507f74214075b4b5bc46e4d5e
font_01_sfnt_off000108ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012111.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12111 17276 bytes
SHA-256: 0c6be05f6dc09abec8f9384e3dc238e25c680a702538f608e556d883cd1bd7b5
font_03_sfnt_off00014e86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E86 16344 bytes
SHA-256: 5cd8a120e106fc2d4fc1855603a636a3ce922decfb1b4d98f17a4a5450337c58