Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 131fecd10656814d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-19 01:36:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 61b23661d66109d42278bee03b113004 SHA-1: a540f6e7a8802f2bb793919eae2177c85383c823 SHA-256: 131fecd10656814d7eb7990e9e3fd0a3b739288dc99107cf6a3f2106143f992c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis are sufficient to determine the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://oinworkshop.com/clients/6/6d/6d9161a7191ba42f41383a85782e2f4f/File/93991713314.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430201101382520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/490017e40cb011ffbbf33d969a1b0b46/65703619583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar.com/contents//files/3847416101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/dinosimabepifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744b6a1e7b4---91516533580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instant-image.net/UserFiles/Site/File/643753876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd001d7e202---xinuzogoxirovitoloxuvuxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b647b3cf3---28848503695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b12e67b5754---37420962243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e2a1b10495---93229059536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/80581641937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824e700c9cd---66829118782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8085f75304fb1f8ae7c9b46279a7a10a/28129532667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d75cfe4341---xevawawowisadomix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krzysztofmalec.pl/gfx/fck/file/16936718822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c69f43dedec---78611389275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n1kj02kp1g1dooug1lhvrpcp3n/davumisuteverivomof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.companyforte.com/imagenes/editor/file/52271227010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneofytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nafewovevukaxibiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mszukam.pl/dat//file/86734981831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a070b5e9f9f---xedurumepil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cool+sport+gamesPDF 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_off0000f934.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF934 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011146.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11146 17636 bytes
SHA-256: b981034c7dab9c2cc804fa5049bbbeafe6f88acada58701c6f03d61a1e313b45
font_02_sfnt_off00013f4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F4F 10428 bytes
SHA-256: c962052d5a9b8ba14d5bd90be0e74ded8d992f60d3e81ec7c14cfa1f0107bc19