Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 183581ece49c5394…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-21 09:34:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: aba4272228a556381cc8518061bf130f SHA-1: 08a38de38fce52229431f262a146a50c6e2ef2af SHA-256: 183581ece49c5394efb61bc3730f95c893f4802acbaa1e117858d44582bd893b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and link farm characteristics strongly suggests a phishing or redirection attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff46a03f9d---88681186604.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1048c67c0d18521d8da28ca6172343b2/zezatuzetopuwizowolozop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac131050b9d---zugipilaxovoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perilatomsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tasezigexit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086cfefc7c4d---lekap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e726e91267---moxuvijajiligej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d291fa6421---33495628414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://channeloflove.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miwonimolurofepeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee82f255a2a0ef515569a7d11190bc45/40478467210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahattinburyan.com/userfiles/file/kufirisewidujebavejinafiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04e9f37886c5a896f5dd717f0c62f12e/nasepinesebuxojujezig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4163068271d97d39e13b4fb4d44c9ce/80726496312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077fb2fcb2af---50764971537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59f23aa03a---65764098854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topimmigrationlawyer.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88838063729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aparcaderoshaddaichile.cl/uploads/images/files/serepenusegevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.com/upload/files/30334239621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/77529847767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f6bca66d9e---zadavikowabunepuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakatka.com/files/file/17916206686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdb656ea7ac---90206266017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c7aecdda8---82032154902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606edc416c89b---kujojowuweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/her2vkjtnhfkj9a0j48tbh6bl5/sikagefepusaxebizovow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=romeo+and+juliet+drawingPDF 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_off0000ef7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF7C 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 0109a21ae4aea47ce37aea8257fe021ac6efc15ee4a17c75c6f6b7190313c29c
font_01_sfnt_off0001080b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1080B 16528 bytes
SHA-256: 2859b760595d6e051e926e4167d64b291bd8570f9ee38826d3eb454d2f8b4623
font_02_sfnt_off000132f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1