Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11567e54da723573…

MALICIOUS

PDF

137.7 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:16:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: af4047132a1a3df4b5e69db7bd131c00 SHA-1: 2e929f775bbe05f48061b68dea665bc7b55c4403 SHA-256: 11567e54da723573d2dbf4e322cf8202c78cd612f7bf13328b90b7ba13c0ee2d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's used to distribute further malicious content or phish for credentials. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware delivery attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dt7tjtf1evdleur2radv139b69/girenorolipigejujajuwamu.pdf
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724a09b0b8c---lefaletujivuxuzidojadewom.pdf
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ac86b0d8cf4abdc8cc91320466552bd/29006288974.pdf
    • http://change-sexy.com/files/files/tivewejose.pdf
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c099181a27---sekejitoz.pdf
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b01d26a4e---46352749714.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/744337c971075b5eee708ee4792f2aab/duziralodalare.pdf
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f06d58238bfb534799ecb76cb3e721da/58072805550.pdf
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gvir854m57ajdr0ncpvrmv4at1/54036169702.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d7d037cbb---gawolu.pdf
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/nuvolisugi.pdf
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/linc68pftoaiqabv4gerq966lg/2112234519.pdf
    • https://btcauction.vn/hinhanh/file/8699192431.pdf
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4249a9abd399f4480b90a874edd886a/zawuwavakuxubulagilason.pdf
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/vuvawijadojax.pdf
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa23d4bee1---19556989374.pdf
    • http://msinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/fipilam.pdf
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed964835b2---76729633337.pdf
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8cb64abff654b2c4dcc52fa1b91e111/megiragonaz.pdf
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/32168751648.pdf
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f784b2aece07877b225cb9d7bb755bae/33361368784.pdf
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3486e63804312df87ed20a6046ef26c2/nuduziliteduvumugobotibug.pdf
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5a2741b97825e82549c4169d48f008e/lufexegimebe.pdf
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210610_116937598262EEB4.pdf
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f5c3b110f---17879931651.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=elementary+differential+equations+8th+edition+solutions+manual+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001acf6.bin
293940bc52335b5633c52d253db25b9613c0371a842598af612820b92c60f14f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1ACF6 22024 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001e64c.bin
373b1e6c9d18ae2e0b71388db3645c779dff1dd4d667aa7e6348f5d80b770189
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E64C 11312 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00020079.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20079 16792 bytes