Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d059fc9208c9e72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:44:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 96cb53d1355769c94f1e7cb3bbbb301e SHA-1: 9a5fb1739f20a214fa1a16a23cc1b15e1adda0dd SHA-256: 1d059fc9208c9e7246ec840764f7ca232ab9bd5ffee9696f7740d10d1dbe7a2c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of many external links indicates an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=places+ending+with+z
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4366da2c33---posapegowut.pdf
    • https://nezrenpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jomipededisibusamaza.pdf
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a874f7ecada---kavemasafixeloxasama.pdf
    • http://fsoa.cn/userfiles/file/kunenusidululet.pdf
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210605041601.pdf
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9b2c8ca6b---gigamesalimolopegosiwix.pdf
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/tibuvadoruturitezojefar.pdf
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073aac8ed5d3---nezuxudubetuv.pdf
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf881150d4e---56665597614.pdf
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0911982043---bonerugep.pdf
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/87764352347.pdf
    • http://hanleyresources.com/images/75178496350.pdf
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4453bd8dbf186d03edc5d8107bee9d7a/17434844509.pdf
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/8782273167.pdf
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a6b3f13ec---32513579649.pdf
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/566d8f40392019694c51971b1e1e560e/nifomekaguxasadikafenivi.pdf
    • http://haisushitogo.com/uploads/files/jenalajoxawumezegimipisar.pdf
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eruao8gauo0jpm50ssb2a6o575/99191651886.pdf
    • http://www.pzkexie.com/up_files/file/feturaburewuselodat.pdf
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea3e220d1e---jakodolonodekakumon.pdf
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16074777b82332---35662686466.pdf
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b31f2e5c335---48852836104.pdf
    • 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_off00014dad.bin
afc6b8b1f7611e73bae097e53e17b6481f41dd624adf9baab13c0bd9f3921bb9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DAD 10576 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001659b.bin
0ec0209756d54e1a1f45d398a4157526d74f68ad009c1f42167f0724ec1a606d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1659B 23520 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001a045.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A045 16792 bytes