Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a00ffbf392fdcc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:33:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 34bafde26fc3fcdc2a9993ac9a85f3d3 SHA-1: 7335956631fe53b32a2ece2e728e873485699dd5 SHA-256: 1a00ffbf392fdcc69d12da9012de6f4b915ed1f2faaaa9d039d8f56042e55cea
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or use disposable domains. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=worksheet+on+countable+and+uncountable+nouns+for+class+5 PDF link annotation
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/megebudujekevaneli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sapitezijobov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7a810c400---69948169558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e50aid4na97j7lvuliem5qepvp/nolapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajnbt.com/images/upload/File/72871295988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tourpon.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210725_AF6F39D87DEB5D79.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahyadvere.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/39208238973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb1a5173f2---73157480758.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/zikakadujilosurojujip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/dowuvevamagodomukaxefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6caf0c5dbdf3d95ab7a48c6fa10ecb59/61764253746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://go2germany.ru/files/file/37370674859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ky-auto.com/uploadfile/files/16470889583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e16b5b5ff---sasozuwaferopirogolaporax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeca68015ab---sulijezar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a2bcefc04775e3b9874a41725a45e47/92802558539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iucecb.com/files/file/62672054625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyanko.com/userfiles/file///26718620202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nena-artspace.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mapirotogeforur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krossinkeuka.org/clients/c/c6/c64aa726effa6776341672ea469011e7/File/xemozijow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxpgw.com/userfiles/file/maxowemomarezol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90bd54b6716f8f1e0649b83230e80497/diwoteruvelobogotafidunuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d779.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD779 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8B 17632 bytes
SHA-256: 2dd5ddfe3d56cc74062c4bffa08e32b0353dd0d037ae0ad074dc4f9110e08acd
font_02_sfnt_off00011ce9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CE9 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 2440bfac5f9a8dde4af192f9cc14120ba52397d200b3e532fd5e9ae1aa9e7c6b

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