Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1926d40c275f5937…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:35:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9853ab40f37b0b6055acf3c786c5e982 SHA-1: d7e44cbcc3eef5f08fd50255eb0887365554e440 SHA-256: 1926d40c275f5937b9ea5dd5d1f4757c3911f7fa8611d809687d4f4b83aa6b80
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' confirms the nature of the document as a link farm on potentially disposable hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6384af293fb1114109c0b0d5d726daf/72820224298.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/files/rulesifaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775f1dc5e2b---71810419070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3o62iioou9k0r960n6en6se00f/81126579482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbjvweekof5d.xn--p1ai/files/files/dukufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/pururamifefasiximatab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5a8fc25900---taxotovejevowoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rigassprotes.lv/uploadz/file/34847496380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp61.com/clients/e/e2/e296dcecfd7d10ffef0cc83fef253c72/File/70408954341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proreferee.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/57628879088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/wagiguvumuzavufanerur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baobiachau.com/luutru/files/galemobizogusamudezexem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lianbang123.com/uploads/files/202108180745326814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/39581349626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbd86f3ec4c---lereg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zemanigojonuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/38793255113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1104307c9---17611159670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppingplanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xasamolez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9rkvudr09oam11gtrf8mkljnbq/71401830310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a51e2a23c67---purelawolupesajalibuvur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/kotapujotalerujeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danchrisjewelry.com/userfiles/file/18962441335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fff166f1bc---36745494235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f3da4d8c7---fobipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=hypergeometric+distribution+worksheet+with+answers+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_off0000e065.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE065 16276 bytes
SHA-256: d635bfece5343195c8402f057667332a2808b7a80739c2dd8d1df5c5c24fb81d
font_01_sfnt_off000109f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012209.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12209 11544 bytes
SHA-256: 79a75430599fb6abed92246b4faa89ca5b842f7512ec40094846a8119faf6af0