Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11f74303ab0df5e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 22:31:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 32c94cb6b4c74a939023ba5ded937d79 SHA-1: 9a1795cd6fb0e11a2973e3b27ddab08f91e5f257 SHA-256: 11f74303ab0df5e9a232645952dcaae5f0076a377e9cb4857e50e31adc523c15
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=shadow+hedgehog+coloring+pages
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796b677318e---35430231654.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081964716ee3---14280273030.pdf
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e3a4524d6f---liguboritum.pdf
    • https://digireg.gr/upload/32839370962.pdf
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/79431485494.pdf
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e01afeb243---34185160558.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adccf845687---36102185398.pdf
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eadndbsr41gl5kb6sdu1otl37/foxekadexusaz.pdf
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ef3pk1119q3t6u3eflqm21651/mopib.pdf
    • https://fo-prefectures.com/pages/files/fisegaxipisedekel.pdf
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/titukoputul.pdf
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210527175310.pdf
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12b13787cb00a3a9a6bd5a5f3337bf3b/vasojofidakabenon.pdf
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0f43a344badf45c14440af019b754a4/doparado.pdf
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/69308334089.pdf
    • http://tw-sincere.com/upfiles/editor/files/jibogufosodefumun.pdf
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb590d2a71---mugapomekedawuzowu.pdf
    • https://collegemahan.ir/basefile/collegemahanir/files/28356891504.pdf
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5srvco198bv3idol313379dsf/19451815950.pdf
    • http://fautographie.org/images/userfiles/files/sexowuruxijarugidutag.pdf
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/066d2c7c2ccfdbd020d763e700b3e633/fowodulijosopugixig.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_off0000fd84.bin
6668a18f37bb7677f6af04d88f209124d12c740fed54386f68c4b7debcff9d66
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD84 10856 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001164a.bin
1f316d2c05ba551b7f52f41e0aa9936683cb121d4b5c4b395e8ba51d199634a8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1164A 17116 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000142c1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142C1 16792 bytes