Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 154237e6abdead32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.1 KB Created: 2021-07-06 09:54:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 2fe1abc9a86e0df82412c77cfd1853ae SHA-1: 3541089233673202bab4a720220c3a1a9b9b826a SHA-256: 154237e6abdead32978ebb5954910de8047dbd1c50690b6d453309482916aab9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting domains. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest the document is designed to lead users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chi+square+test+simple+example PDF link annotation
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/38409549631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160996bc72ce85---pojunusejexefuwaguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc7fa5e8863---lepuraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/624ad3e697ea036b43ead4a1f1afe1a9/73423982739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamasteel.net/userfiles/file/pawidoxojoboruziwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cr5mh3iebtolg2vi6j65d2h67/12241642546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865cc6824e7---19054392279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tg7pqge8f1e1qgek9jsmovvf5t/27232333546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/safovewudaxarogexaxewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/gomufiramopukesukel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3bac1941f0---xodefomabedife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teifsepahan.com/files/file/22448292005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abyway.lv/images/ck_images/files/migulomogubulifekebarazog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afcc0041f53---65179523634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a238ebe9b43---vuzobibusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021050119031334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608edf8a3e5a0---70839468428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrsinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/95489685860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/amdt0h14qhug0al88a2lh94cm2/82096737202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/jisometezaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091cc327079c---mivewodalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n2ilgo88piooki2gi5qps3h835/parodagomogidumotul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/pokotiketerutubekewesaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000151f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151F0 20672 bytes
SHA-256: f07a4290afac9ae62e03784392fb79fdf25466b85bbe7af7c3b8124168c223c4
font_01_sfnt_off00018913.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18913 16084 bytes
SHA-256: 325c5f5cda05429ae92d15c23118ca1b8712e485108c584e1e30b0ff615913b7
font_02_sfnt_off00019e3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19E3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001b656.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B656 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 058bcec11f0467ed52ebfa3918e4ef7585a16e250df07d13e888d5f2e4ce1a7b