Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 184f9e7d64c4fdf3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:11:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bb77c7621735c17f16ba10872e1d5d41 SHA-1: 3b8b78bce1432d54888e38691c3d081045bc7de2 SHA-256: 184f9e7d64c4fdf32e670e2dfd17ea94c5c06cfc27f19758c3c85976933ecd9b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are structured as link farms on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or directing users to malicious content. The document's structure and URL distribution suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iutgmdk8dpcvhveva2vls6f2i8/54654157343.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b7a609efe---jekosetelimagapamudabego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.frank-diagn.hu/userfiles/files/70954665766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://71mhsreunion.com/clients/f/fd/fd19d29f3ef40f7e1d0269d1df38e7d4/File/90386840744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solsethreunion.com/clients/f/f5/f56c6d7ba488b74ef40bd02d3fc4d0b2/File/detofujulofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sartoriaventurini.com/userfiles/files/jedigeratopobazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/63248384486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sooclose.eu/upload/File/pusogidadukujanujirajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160767f72bc6f8---fomelasoxesiwalajot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/6800546848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danies.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44279886722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9d905136ad---lalutiref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/66693063343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f530185769d8f7b889086e4a6b8df328/galaxuxujin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/21205950926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/6342490737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mr1a1kv9nu4tfccflp8lir5du/taselopadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ac33c32c106c679e001c95ebeea5d0c/risobunokofizorezivadazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpiezasinasel.com/userfiles/files/18768991352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/2986955583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943e5c37327---fofovisagojexirinesov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/69076502568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteworkerclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbd9d57285f23502422c8fb0b1fc403a/zujokekotobewizibas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=skinny+to+muscular+workout+plan+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_off0000e179.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE179 17820 bytes
SHA-256: e1981a62ecdac12f0b55f8d0291d0094b2b2666c0c4aa86f5c67a24a62ab5cc4
font_01_sfnt_off00010fa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FA2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000127b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127B9 11116 bytes
SHA-256: e66e7b7afd839b4a8ca15e9669d411a45a2ce7c78d082344796171de6ca3a970