Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11e1a860a88836e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-08-09 02:18:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4d3923c20a295c9923c9897ba8b1bae1 SHA-1: 783c09d43ac9904156decc5a0a2e237e63c20222 SHA-256: 11e1a860a88836e98bba278d167d467052c58f18395bceb1facb2bd88fd843f3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document functions as a link farm, directing users to download files from compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable domains, disguised as a 'vehicle service check sheet template'. The presence of multiple external URIs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/wepifuxomazugemasep.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://moscow-vernisage.com/files/files/69159491257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee0f3ccb8a---peleluwolalor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xirevanas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6703272729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyitotthaz.hu/userfiles/files/rixatotudukabutuwenije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traiteur-ribot.fr/userfiles/file/60924070058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870f823aaac---42018614155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1841f78b41503c9801c81403d757571/57527571849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/timonaxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c62747797cd2dfc77005010b1a518d7/18971335101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9bbd2aebd26cd55edaec8fdfb225ffc/busikepusevepenaboxuwose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/rotirevatamapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o8lucal7rsba06bsjoi9q6b671/powubedilililorafegojob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607828d85c713---giwobemopatonewaboterig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/33305427986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-harmonics.com/upload/files/kixikadipitepitolux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/nufepamotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/kawomuxogatalavuzenuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluefashion.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79783786644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/18715969093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tremonttemplemacon.com/clients/862779/File/61667972122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleni.cz/userfiles/file/60240729615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckrepeg.by/UserFiles/files/14443619397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technocom.pl/editor/file/fogoxeresogemez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=vehicle+service+check+sheet+template+freePDF 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_off0000f8f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8F5 16636 bytes
SHA-256: 794ba48662ad2acfaf8740c0b86bcf0881c670f778003e33f3ed13633c70b37a
font_01_sfnt_off00012456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12456 10648 bytes
SHA-256: f90b54bee1ed4058512e5c4b40e98a36c73e8a7ad230ec0fd88c6c849d98daa8
font_02_sfnt_off00013cca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1