Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1304314bcdbc2d54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 14:30:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1d50f97aea0b4b3fe484bb0fbb924623 SHA-1: 4ca00fce9309b078b375881585d1f6bad9d732d2 SHA-256: 1304314bcdbc2d54f7c08f2fe078a00dd6f9ae5fa84b703d76200656c886d838
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of external URIs and a link farm structure points towards an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://pulsarvn.com/media/ftp/file/sujabowifarafowobidova.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609003265c987---32385433370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210626155148_1379423428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/pejowerovodibololimonuvod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c31e7c76fd9---40036211576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockyshairsalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bcvms44utd53kn3hfs54sajp5/pajuvegasegetelenam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilksolar.com/Images/Media/files/muwegob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609511a653ac6---54606934954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iglozawiercie.pl/zdjecia/file/70723853465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ff6ff329b---kejazurarufukij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/tunoxadirowikamupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceeqqf5fvog2ld81l18d8b7uf6/66237300426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b25d745bc---vikonuvuvamuwomepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroear.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nomivokakoxetimisozulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/zisuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e33e0bc72df15d6523b4d523a173f74e/jidolore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/43669791542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdce4800e81---29110494147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4327c3553---buvozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210623034631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba0bfb21145---50476829536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a9a0e66b49542860645feb6c4f5f1e9/suletabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfederico2.net/userfiles/file/punogusitemajovibib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983f8a16c86---kejefudotamabegibemosaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62733ca2fb4643cd50c7768b6915451b/4143096460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=exact+time+of+dayPDF 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_off0000fab7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000112ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112CE 10420 bytes
SHA-256: 89d52b2cea888e9f4b31b70929934c7cf820337c930288e8d00ba38bac3fdc33
font_02_sfnt_off00012a7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A7D 17108 bytes
SHA-256: 80561691f2193439ea3ee23254cb884ebef05cbacb874466a543716e29f2cc3e