Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11f6ef46d745c9b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 04:10:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8f2c09cdfebe4ee33bbcc6714f165e3a SHA-1: 17100c4a58da6dff9a84d158b4a8f1156f034580 SHA-256: 11f6ef46d745c9b2f25142185f13ddb1df7a69edc7cff9ad8c191940e3d8fa45
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF structure strongly suggest it's used as a lure, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=factors+and+multiples+class+5+worksheet+pdf
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/girenizefaxozizimarezediz.pdf
    • https://dansobentre.net/uploads/file/47531584824.pdf
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d08168e908---59005146567.pdf
    • http://studiospazioambiente.it/userfiles/files/57580628469.pdf
    • https://carlojans.com/cms/file/94446653527.pdf
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b281922b560---zufitodalafamomufexapozop.pdf
    • http://podushka.by/files/files/90471241700.pdf
    • http://fsgpj.com/upfolder/e/files/20210622153838.pdf
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f21e9397b---woponigezamo.pdf
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b0a9c520d---27892464701.pdf
    • http://hyundailed.com/upload/editor/file/60412623781.pdf
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ccff907c895e711fe31f00ff47faa75/1328201576.pdf
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nsncqi7hiugps7tvoti0874bh1/xefiloromegemitabenu.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ok39712g1bagad8o75iao3ts12/90258111398.pdf
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04020338b369bd16b54be80bbe753700/8247750316.pdf
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2d9c8a980---xajepuxibimanusobi.pdf
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72d2a79991d6b889b729642e7418d336/mimutavewewatojipuwuxobu.pdf
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798d9f9404e---karuzatowop.pdf
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079eeb5e1bfd---48369523969.pdf
    • https://daulte.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejasozij.pdf
    • https://ikansambel.com/contents//files/53130792336.pdf
    • http://apartmaji-zunicmile.com/uporabnik/file/rorelilugazukeletibubup.pdf
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8t80mrvi21cjksrb9b61th6n1m/51823319551.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_off0000e433.bin
ac31b7390dbf1d8abbb5984146f7d95e9f39d545056946756cba7b131f05d671
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE433 16656 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010fbb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FBB 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000127d2.bin
c1e8f3ba2ca1ce99fbe5f1f277331dc2a4db3b8e60ae698d75d022ea37eb493a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127D2 11276 bytes