Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bf07c80b28f3227…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:55:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: e2308f0e57822093bfdb3de1822c23d2 SHA-1: f07988d246f04006ca37f6415c51635adbf68628 SHA-256: 1bf07c80b28f3227788cda2c8a07248fe535ed02164f0f602fe1a3e5ec12802f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for malicious content or phishing pages. The file's structure and the nature of the URLs suggest an attempt to lure users to external, potentially harmful, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+the+word+pentecost PDF link annotation
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/accd1156b4a486005b1e1d60a6adc1c4/migozunur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbb68e547d1db56246eee25db54fdc53/43628786798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ee1a9a0b0---femikaxado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/jukowedelasal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/227f448db420163d014ac2d467c0c0b6/gutuloboxamewibubukafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/23536600878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/34972415097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d536b342320---wanosutabelokowiwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marta-galan.com/files/varios/file/riwukupemiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c51c5d65ca---89739385714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607997a912645---14731655553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattress-leader.com/media/51110597710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattersonandoliphantfamily.com/clients/875492/File/gesidafem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/40754031005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab3193e9dc42e9243121250b27647037/63789408357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd7cef782c2---25641606157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87bf8c47cfb57a1becbb7acc1d61e21f/24779981194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70507f9aae68e24732b5da9ac67a8f57/zabalajavofogujabipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b9470a5f3---jevowubagojibuvofejem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25acd142b0---gisabizojesikowapodosiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d3c6689942f615ff388591fb52f4474/guriwegodumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getem.pl/files/file/rebikepaxameka.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_off0000f1ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1AE 16932 bytes
SHA-256: c1c7cfa86374d80354d78ec2c3859b478f02bc50076ee5ded135057b9c0b337c
font_01_sfnt_off00011e0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E0B 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 07eee66c2590a284fbfc8b601dc4a72f442fd90dafe262bc471cd2afa1861ad3
font_02_sfnt_off00013730.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13730 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1