Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1953a97545d2290a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-07-04 22:08:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 0699379cc4724c4487c6cb74a13fe4c6 SHA-1: 06038d422381887a22c62abf44bbe64ecc6bd3a6 SHA-256: 1953a97545d2290a540fc4e033c4473b0ca76ae7018398ffebc5ef0856f55c65
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or manipulate search engine results. The primary attack pattern involves luring users through a malicious attachment to a site hosting further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/lulew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f188c0fc77---jokiruwobuxuzitebarun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5fa1fbe51c---54416912800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01bd9d04ff07506d766a509ed8a0d287/36222342079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttmfr9oo19v66at5ck4tbl4314/16730281914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc581d8c2c---31813140699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705bd9c1c8a---piwekemuwiwekemijapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/balakom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021050600174220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/39034390400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clearpatth.com/userfiles/file/kinuduxewirowenereruvut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/dafenim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a0550ed78683210bd638cac22a45e54/ginotiwalatagitudibetivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0419d81870bf51ca05324aefc8b74b8/nipatusunalixegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29b2d1181b---29286064033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb6002fa85---83065332267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f875b7ad03---vifupini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/20804413423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurerom.com/userfiles/file/mukerozopinegupokotuxizin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phonphangschool.com/upload/files/pevufemusijadafibubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/nugojimakeguxijaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/90221089931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d999e5b671---luwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cc6b496ea270d9c7fad1566d09a89b6/gotadozunafuxufoxuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/wuvepudajiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=example+title+of+feasibility+studyPDF 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_off000116f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F2 17836 bytes
SHA-256: 1943e8c6c25d2b648c0f0e200db3d4e0b910600eed15806483f84b9d8b584d89
font_01_sfnt_off00014556.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14556 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 3368c500d941e314394b7507b151942832826aa8e90fcc26a3795b6eefea6552
font_02_sfnt_off00015e5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E5F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1