Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1217c952a2a3ea30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:54:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3695a4fda9427c42168963e8293e480c SHA-1: e2fcd2ebe6ae1e07ca5272363f7126ca1ba40ac2 SHA-256: 1217c952a2a3ea30366d75a701b0879be74b7caa68bd52b5f6347a7b9eb2778c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites that appear to be compromised WordPress installations, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable binary data.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e451156c5c6548a3efb9e49ef4ae9947/bogexamabagerosedik.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/446fd6c2fdcfa11c16dcb6e25b03ff07/petesomefusibor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3ee576d96c54dfb5caa5b409fdde069/gowiwamolunow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2m4ljptbu5vpunbf2i14nkh67h/21286595827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/disowenukevavax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasteadmin.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/custom/wysi_uploads/files/xopotikukimepirapewilozug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a216c83c63e---96450969331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergladesharvesting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puzatefomatogoluwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoforace.eu/userfiles/files/42128091661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzstock.com/Upfiles/file/90119611874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ku4ysk-9lgp4y.com/contents/files/daretikitawisizid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qlo90sslig6t6tegn48lm8q8b4/79511167542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slstudio.it/userfiles/files/dasedixavurewuwobupevefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4af7d272700e12880e48467787ce5878/78735043476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristorantebiscione.com/userfiles/files/nonufabositor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbstroy53.ru/img/files/61254152590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m8si5h0guctj09f53ttj405srj/18916291070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f27e89d20---zaninoleno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/FCKeditor/file/fukulususi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/71296638150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-preiss.at/upload_files/files/20446393591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/korolulodexaxagigomewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a74e00793428d10e473730a63c295809/fosusosalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0fc15eb728---lutifuribegerirasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymenhome-etsinta.net/tiedostot/files/tirazajusot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=low+carb+chocolate+banana+breadPDF 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_off0000bca6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCA6 15756 bytes
SHA-256: 1d34eef1b50f37cab19a7337f1bf13589f6c060709a0809543ebe6b86883644e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCBF 10388 bytes
SHA-256: 316705974664c906797584252fdc5d0e3d11754520d1f5c0a41f88c7e05d8f8b