Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11d7991de14c8afc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-07-13 15:46:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5e04712bd23d8d4e1fe7e682c5161e9a SHA-1: f7ac5cf50f8bd306802307d0b46721c43a945d33 SHA-256: 11d7991de14c8afcecbe0d1958a8c57a1af42906f233917dac1c5e3c4e559660
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, characteristic of a link farm used for phishing or distributing malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or exploit vulnerabilities. The file's structure and numerous external links suggest it's part of a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9945

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 http://akademia-jedenastka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/geluwibeduziwenatejupixa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://webtechnocrats.com/upload/file/32667792667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8094a0035330ad1d6d91cb4390d7e1a/falujakaxakeriganimesuwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075989dcffb7---46342183904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.eu/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/30567533296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/50804836897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb0aa96864---24046554550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winkeleninzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/96375086433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5edcb77f0f---21336416077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac2582632f---72930647325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanabi-la.com/uploads/files/29470547799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/powuronegitalinanivela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/96876928209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6c54c1c38---fafik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/85687411517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fourseasons.events/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10604e5f03ef4f2c5440e8ac03e5d7ff/fazevenoxiziwowunidijiseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073989c1ca2d---vamomur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909bb76c3ad---72890770840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgindustrial.eu/userfiles/files/43937693281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29697363561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lpacepj2qgt9tuogpk1sbroob6/losadupagobawodopiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=maths+questions+for+class+7+cbse+with+answersPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fbd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBD3 16644 bytes
SHA-256: 7fc3c824be575a8d045e78bd8ea08acf12e544fd254d7a39c5cdb2dd78f6919c
font_01_sfnt_off00012720.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12720 10948 bytes
SHA-256: c2a4033c03440b4daf86902ad093130df9576f5e26a047cc3a081a7ebac8dc62
font_02_sfnt_off00014089.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14089 16224 bytes
SHA-256: da79484a7f94e028a8871d907a282bdc2df095dfef79f7b1f2af1efeeab75da7
font_03_sfnt_off0001562e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1562E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1