Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1356ed34ad20d614…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-07-30 11:47:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5f993b23138103219850478fcfb30726 SHA-1: 351e701ef0d76b0dc629d0869363bb70822c2bd1 SHA-256: 1356ed34ad20d61406fc96676f2b6e10e44df78c305fed9fb802fd39c2bfe1d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of external URIs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading files under the guise of legitimate content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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=download+percy+jackson+books+1-5+free
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785390284d6---xomenam.pdf
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d29df1c6004---gogolebana.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a697a998f91---33649348051.pdf
    • https://sunnyrosesschool.com/userfiles/file/jazerofubafibitometozos.pdf
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36b2dc3d7b95987eeb5ac8e8e2a646e2/41494550574.pdf
    • https://makanbanyak.net/contents//files/66144389003.pdf
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9v3p88e1lljreh1g30eukpr8nm/24908373748.pdf
    • http://theheavent.com/userfiles/files/78649014066.pdf
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a937e89716---97131223252.pdf
    • https://samarthanamparisara.org/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/42115127529.pdf
    • http://ekhoron21.mn/uploads/files/3432888930.pdf
    • http://khonggianmang.com/upload/files/pukusopubi.pdf
    • https://egca.fr/userfiles/file/vidipasagowedilakopufufo.pdf
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c999036eb5880cec331264fed2a721a5/sizusatokejoxu.pdf
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b93d43cf358---22681125184.pdf
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfb33a8f40b2248cf74b006cd8815d81/tebupufusikonep.pdf
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b86233380ae143005c210210d77c27ce/lizipijivenerexefusobajar.pdf
    • https://btcauction.vn/hinhanh/file/bofuzunafifobewifutewomaz.pdf
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/81437842771.pdf
    • https://sonarmusic.hu/up_image/file/17904939071.pdf
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de07bac999---judixib.pdf
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/mazibuxizex.pdf
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1e2c18137f---duvur.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_off0000d838.bin
ee99a6aa554b9346014a003180eeb47838a6b6fd3ba39ba0d6e5db0200a86d6e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD838 11208 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f294.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF294 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010aa6.bin
e7b77342c1efafca79c5f903a4937627286072302e5ff14ad5a0454b71829879
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA6 17024 bytes