Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1611e8836201c925…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:58:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7652c29620ccc767ea5fe301a8c78677 SHA-1: 488d1306ffc8a875640a2141f121f9c8417b75f0 SHA-256: 1611e8836201c9253236a3fb4642287d74408a35538e5ff2c66d578735971d41
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or exploit vulnerabilities. The presence of AcroForm button actions further supports the possibility of user interaction leading to exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/87187542206.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c206a55e109---zoluperiweta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://se-ty.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/56412002615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esthebel.de/userfiles/file/bebegopuwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hindel-relax.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84118902344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/759269441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnhhgj.com/upfiles/userfiles/file/nuvutolosutifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4a1527abb---wipiponix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4dc0528cb9---8328170212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cada7d9ac7---wurawuxewul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vk8m8r9tnreddamgjl7lpnosnn/35427864641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jevades.com/aircraft/fckimages/file/gamefimefulanedugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coconut.hu/userfiles/file/76502256343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f46a5052a---vuxiwigamibuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pachetedeturism.ro/images/files/jemilusutemubesokul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsskzy.com/userfiles/file/69069103914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d820d702ce60344e7f6a7346baea8e1/11457089763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/91523947477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aitalk.vn/upload/files/63481026944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cintabogor.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/poturinujutasifejego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f76a643e70---segasojes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kozhikodedeaf.org/admin/my_files/file/bepafotozebutolusutotapal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografoenricogiampieri.it/userfiles/files/fidus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cnbt5n7f012metfrhvl20gin31/47980166502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----gtbercbfedtm3b.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10113755546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2446665a.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70186249702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=eviction+notice+california+pdfPDF 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_off0000f2ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2FF 10496 bytes
SHA-256: e037154f31d3c2271c6ab66e0070411a9c565c978e30271fe706da092d428b5e
font_01_sfnt_off00010af0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF0 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 0f13322a40f594301fe408c8a54589072c95ba8277fc70edb326842e30a53bed
font_02_sfnt_off0001391e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1391E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1