Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11509c5967ac9130…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-08-28 02:10:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 7a00de0e2beaaa9156c6c93f068a68d5 SHA-1: 38378d304865ec30ce89b3ddfe79f4b8b6b551b9 SHA-256: 11509c5967ac9130b5a9f17c3096ddf7d2823596fc27e933ced9fdca0e065b19
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate an attempt to redirect users to 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://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wivexidebuvazevogofu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/33167529687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1961.com/clients/6/6a/6a73a08bb68f643008adb5efbbb44e43/File/5640424879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heks-tech.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/betufegodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f59d568ae8---zivejobap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/dawujatodipifodefoxoriwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5ae4467bd6---24273682720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veoguidecostarica.com/ci/userfiles/files/4527881099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc713e728f---92118589430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles//file/tesixem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95337772281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acevina.com/webroot/img/files/punatomiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d83fb3a683e3d12f13ca779c309cc6e2/23740770635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaatkinson.com/userimages/66720379782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1f3b27d91707d751b8b920f0ef7e7e9/62959535916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe866606c6---zonufadewifusizipubemef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/55782101301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontlinetherapist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/347424c0bdafb9ed7c30c134280eefa9/2480265477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d08499d3da---ropupigabepezojax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c1a3604d76---zaxixumojikobabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iowatriallawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/58467218707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef331f4329a1fbd634bddd8132a0f699/52023080843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50kojk6c0mniu1paa515dra0gn/melasivusoxovupur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ideal+polygraph+examination+roomPDF 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_off0000e6b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B3 18292 bytes
SHA-256: a177933d5867bc6e9f9e79e519d7923aa917ef2fb4c5103efec1ad36f032fba8
font_01_sfnt_off00011693.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11693 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 986beeb10dad30de9560d5882c3a7b6d465b91bb2745e1e86cd93f1b17a35d74
font_02_sfnt_off00012f31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1