Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1020eb612d2bc8d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-08-27 07:28:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 0235ca48c32377233d2c29450caa6f01 SHA-1: a9edd5164b4c8ea2640aa25b738653fceb50403d SHA-256: 1020eb612d2bc8d7f889408de3652860c83ac95cb6716ecf5cd4b9f291cfa5d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1055.012 Process Injection

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It contains numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. These links likely serve as a distribution mechanism for phishing content or further malware. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sweet+taste+in+mouth+sinus+infection PDF link annotation
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fed5f40ea16---zosogagixuwutewejiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saiprogetti.net/userfiles/files/92328193934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dj53fn5sb4lg318gpn26g3ruu7/96240382749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/gubulapaxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ec6ebc09f80884364243e3909502a85/1341313471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072155142d08---sugekazokavija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/76157830463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c32e45678502deb910c46b27172cffd/wakovasofanesotevukuladux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precedent.by/_newsite/images_from_html_editor/file/kifoxunikozekupexawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c238c02e039---jikilajafovasem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1ee76peri6l7e6r1m4b09a4ne/muzawategatowasuxidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/ditixagofudopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef9d3f24cc---sifabozadug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/dadezevolifanut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfea3998caa---nibiwomujurunex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876ebe65f90---jusimamogivapogegoriju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83db14dc5326fd31b1ae73a722166d99/xojimunubepogil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vpecargo.com/userfiles/file/60682194105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramtron.vn/uploads/files/files/52788774687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c950ca1f148---27258872761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://licorne-hotel-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/73608779307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d42137a9b04a86608cda81030c3c1f08/49266587744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097fed759e31---95186840230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/zafibovifidipoxulugag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607908bd9bf7d---lamikuzuvamatewotoni.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF98 10716 bytes
SHA-256: db39897081c516d26c92b37874247c14dd0af5a9930a58c31b2f9cb69b336b38
font_01_sfnt_off0000f814.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF814 15876 bytes
SHA-256: 3f4d2ca0072fde8dda7c410b9bd41cff82c9edbb0fb995008e60d5dae5768713
font_02_sfnt_off000120cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1