Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1408c44dfcbf3906…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 09:10:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f482792750327ef916af5b970dddf45b SHA-1: 1d6d16a569d225e051ce0853a3c3af7be3e3c0fb SHA-256: 1408c44dfcbf39069454ed03e19c5e7e337aeb34d31ea040e3062b48377d9c75
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

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://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb190775ef2---24190498698.pdf
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/064e6caddfd8db8991d681df80bf7eea/xazawinojonafet.pdf
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838ef07c08e---xasisasawigu.pdf
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0ef74feab---34212814208.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6b8d72081---75647838970.pdf
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830ef22e735---96607731215.pdf
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38899723072.pdf
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c30ca44d71cf0d46e841992b256fd43/63894430283.pdf
    • http://jirehenl.com/userfiles/file/161406477722.pdf
    • https://classconnbio.com/img-jacson/files/mepitoxemoboduvibumaleka.pdf
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cafc96d122---rulaf.pdf
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfjk0nsernotfjjfqpt0ifhv75/50514575961.pdf
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e428dc5896---ketadaroviruporobujej.pdf
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aef34e3cd962c1a4f0f8d9b5d0c2fd18/71260672665.pdf
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55b644b56c0e00f57081daacdfa2cd75/62919459853.pdf
    • https://mimpishio1.com/contents//files/juweridelumuk.pdf
    • http://pescepiana.eu/userfiles/files/fukivem.pdf
    • http://maxidmum.com/images/upload/fck/file/razurumaresatidutikiwer.pdf
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6s5djren92fqpi5q1g9phi8v6n/72891379442.pdf
    • http://monktonlionsclubkidscamp.com/clients/9/99/99b8b5517e5fb663501b7ee5137ebf55/File/61057717436.pdf
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088156e949c4---vagixunivedami.pdf
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/vesuw.pdf
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///41236035536.pdf
    • http://fiumevivo.it/userfiles/files/fedidotonoz.pdf
    • http://hrzservices.com/uploadfiles/file/jonaxavorabipav.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=renewing+your+mind+bible+study+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_off0000f4f8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F8 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d0a.bin
0f97e002558af5fb4ad18a306a64ad159b0af3f00436a326dd0835419a60d6bd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D0A 17180 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000139c9.bin
46a467794fa11d2ae2765d05f4ebe2596885130f97807a8a622cdb8003558ec1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139C9 11164 bytes