Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a78086c695beafe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 13:25:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1ba1071eea1d4f36c9bfee3133b1a152 SHA-1: c0d1dc56375d72faa0bcbf22c99de9762093be12 SHA-256: 1a78086c695beafe0a48161417ec1b4ecc3866fc9dd005bfc8b536649cba7769
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs further support the link farm and potential phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://digireg.cz/upload/32983235775.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb088e51f6---37287492971.pdf
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3648e4823---81886563974.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d94e0c3ca2898b6a41c0afe22a0b224/51364522274.pdf
    • http://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/38987701196.pdf
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/81528280574.pdf
    • http://burchiellati.com/file_fck/file/60716344326.pdf
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e94addae1dfb1823c0ec01e3aed54b8a/kogonot.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c946a4bb83---43724064883.pdf
    • http://vanxuantravel.com/upload/files/7731606214.pdf
    • https://volnynaklad.cz/data/file/nagavutatama.pdf
    • http://thaoduocvn.com/userfiles/image/file/48386774212.pdf
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b551b222a52b6a313277d049ea819afb/goreripavun.pdf
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609039e541c72---faxalifipave.pdf
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e3dbbdfef---65445336687.pdf
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae0d9dff2c69f35ecd29c91aafd3472f/71649367798.pdf
    • http://sivam.pl/files/file/fuxusijolotatibiwa.pdf
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/zesex.pdf
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752b4704617---bimifupi.pdf
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1aeaadb34fddb327e9e610c8cd35406c/tawobeledogo.pdf
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ccc9bf558---rorawamitefeporejo.pdf
    • http://ministerium.pt/files/bofepuwiwujofejirak.pdf
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s87gjemokdfn387094erk0jf9j/zufudamovepizug.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=circle+the+naming+words+for+class+1
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cfa6.bin
7b720c360619639bd865d298c77a38edad1f8b94c671e1b164b06d6026c5fb2b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFA6 16868 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb8b.bin
7c6839ec91bdc9abd2d8a1209ce4df1973cc9b7af39929b4b57221ccabe1d928
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB8B 11092 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011529.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11529 16792 bytes