Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1163f89eaca29e22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-08-17 09:45:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8c70f2a43a77a9f6428152cbea983027 SHA-1: b6750bc98511637b0a7f672a4f0fc42485f0f4a4 SHA-256: 1163f89eaca29e2252245e40e11b41612dfcc982126cab7411481b3c97701cb1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by a ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious, websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=modal+verbs+ability+possibility+obligation+future+konu+anlat%C4%B1m%C4%B1 PDF link annotation
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74dcc89f607def1675138ac82bfa581a/25857740530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myupfield.link/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kdnt23qb5kn7kiikug8n9gb7ab/girosunoranadedin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f78dcb5e0---gomanadawopizud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e6bf7c3ba---meniwixisivafog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/jakirasirurataxopez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamhanoi247.com/upload/files/67341836871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukierniabrzezinski.pl/www/artizam/fck/file/gotiruziraxifinepinudog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cca8267b0e---xuxupuwabupusanipixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607219224948d---17665730045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084505176729---selisigofuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ligneus.hu/upload/file/fuwadawimubagide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66a50969257ad45e31d8be1c3fb68b53/xujuragurogarujefewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f45a492c03a---pudepuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9c666ab7824103696434bddbc0bcd76/75386276390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/82132101755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianklein.eu/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67354878768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/616035477611a2549a077d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c6da2e89e---wuriwonolatesonerip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nurugelexport.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93933463075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64sksd57m78njp6udrdto5a434/92447214839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elateridae.com/images/FCKeditor/file/wimogelijowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qapoll.com/2015/vat/upload/files/42064934217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d82449f4bb---kijamopofudilig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janatalnajaf.com/basefile/janatalnajafcom/files/fasedebamiseba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.hk/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210816_E3123A204DDEB374.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_off0000eb59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB59 11392 bytes
SHA-256: 76bf0f576da3961dfd84b0298a8f20b5b2a2562fbf8cc4d20e1c9b28db64dd96
font_01_sfnt_off000105c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011dd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD4 18212 bytes
SHA-256: 06fd40505e9b5316f1902fe61f24a972b70cbeb873a10dc8d10334905a10235c