Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d24d5d5e786162e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:41:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e20c0bb3cae672adc6eb8645f3f7c0b4 SHA-1: cd14434a596fde0d5162cb90c1ebbdb4565f9096 SHA-256: 1d24d5d5e786162e82897cde437db5ef0a83eda6fd77d84f7f3aa9d135334974
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URIs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other potentially untrusted hosting. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of PDF link farms often involves JavaScript to facilitate redirection, hence the inclusion of T1059.007.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43faabe1d4f9f215a16252f153b8ef3c/lolukosotefoxadesepete.pdf
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/lozur.pdf
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851fc3a7c2b---vizugimikoworokuzadel.pdf
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9556a8300---99991350452.pdf
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/10797554704.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9fc00d10c---vuzibukafixug.pdf
    • https://perfecthospital.net/FCKeditor/file/zekelaruz.pdf
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c63c7ce759---58734104706.pdf
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b63706dd7e---27535643200.pdf
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b629e9e52c99afc66c73364d05629281/80126705701.pdf
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9721a49567b92cb6a699e0de9ae45659/vawolidewubixuxuzavoxu.pdf
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8cf667919---kijunenaju.pdf
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/10464247645.pdf
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/36892601860.pdf
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf6b40690ae---tazixiruwadojelovevep.pdf
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ebd799ab2b---74127844727.pdf
    • http://fsoa.cn/userfiles/file/bomaxojakopitobugutizupe.pdf
    • http://instant-image.net/UserFiles/Site/File/93102304166.pdf
    • http://seyrimerdin.com/userfiles/file/98106119031.pdf
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfa5b1f1a736b6fa2e635445554e0f63/ditodugugejirirabofa.pdf
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/3607997171.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00b5f02e637571740006d74188bb3117/jerigeganin.pdf
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc1f5c6b99---petegewej.pdf
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/49045039210.pdf
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d24fc5dbcc7---faboropokelinutune.pdf
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/144f49a6d0415d1723a7029065d7cc9a/venakofiguxurabewazi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=what+animals+live+in+the+forest+floor+of+the+amazon+rainforest
    • 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_off00010598.bin
08548708a5a47dbd70a1aa035458aa92f1cbacb1fa2c5491f49f17461d69533d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10598 17664 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000133bd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133BD 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014bd4.bin
07861c54c40d9745fa17246cdbffc9ef7b46929e791d9b4a2653886093517b61
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BD4 10596 bytes