Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d63c8117d0aef35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 13:06:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ffa854572a92caa5649d866016ada119 SHA-1: 2d41b8b365c225d2b5c6c18b6f6fce980564df29 SHA-256: 1d63c8117d0aef35b2e4d9400d87e2802ef0e3324fd605d210774f91052045f0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting domains. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest the document is designed to facilitate phishing or malware distribution by leading users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=jamie+foxx+blame+it+on+the+alcohol PDF link annotation
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f44s543bmu5aohrprujffgdqispteeo5/komanedujevevavopepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gr0tf59iujd6lr9lth13vck5lg/99437534057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c47eqkq0f2sj83cfh2pbu8tnhm/82259986117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/37539266212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608257bf358e9---refijuwupixifodenux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aurorabersinar2.com/contents//files/54547394012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a9e4350e3---99652573152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scsi.coop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54337d38c26a017bc7bb8185e4d10c55/99010566044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56bqn8a0j8gbskunrbbi918693/jomikakesikosawow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dt5efe78cmbq0d6jtnks9sbre7/9584683621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f1e97a757---52770815870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnpq8i2q5pm100qhjmcmp2u6ln/53113038027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/zorirowikujinenasabonebon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/218df9ca2c84b5f0a1c02da716f41c6c/49814840607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15348843246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gma32jgiidc9bf0u7fvadt0bh3/lejox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771d6fee8f2---68225177969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/gasufasukakosubeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac51abdf994---98099455323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hersheyhigh1981.com/clients/37302/File/walasapatopupax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0898.com/userfiles/file/20210628062733_wf4g1g.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d3cf350dd---gelupewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4a5c24cf8---8992748307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/59187629932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/744a81860706c4fa042b4edd7c899509/makatepuzeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8tqlff56cpd17u2v3mvo6cnj4/zibubebal.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_off0000eeba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106CC 18668 bytes
SHA-256: 3e1f9d0f244a2d27bb489ab7b579c330e091ffd1397fdc9febc1bc09a257702b
font_02_sfnt_off00013642.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13642 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 1d287d47492cf2d031c7edc25ba617b83295dab1ad1cb5d114019f24c42dd43c