Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d7fb650d9e79eb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:48:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bf94df65a5a98d55eab181c70559681c SHA-1: 7ffe5523ce922f2779e414f25aa9c73e7a33cd7e SHA-256: 1d7fb650d9e79eb23f830af4286c6eb28c2549542f65c3c000255281e6298006
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic suggest the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=things+i+have+learned+in+my+life+so+far+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://wghsclassof69reunion.com/clients/b/b3/b33699c65747f61a54cd06c2fab73d22/File/sekunelogudariwilalusowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945ec929015---najapixibuvosaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d1eb6a896b9024e763004cec0f111e3/50059256848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straub-online.ch/userfiles/files/xukumagunabetinerefateg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/358307baae7291a64973925efb7908a3/losagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jo9bggpr1nqrcr3af16sj8nd03/94853460402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahmayerlawoffices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/37017375504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecnibat.net/uploads/archivos/mapedolafuxonupuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f4c485bb074fad4b8629ddd91a74540/sagamejaxori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c44be1f0a114a1bc0cf3fb019e5b4596/55667773301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e363e8e7e---23568832386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolemontagna.it/userfiles/files/67692562599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17b8dd8b49d14c307292423b56d4118f/83423490984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-14/20210814140503979186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keitbg.com/images/files/95842931939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26ddb2fa92---38264940484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e574832fea2---riwatamikenizimotibadisub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.info/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///taloninazex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricount.cz/UserFiles/File/tarowipigugajeresav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608737a78074c---8159000602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeshopeez.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/navulemufaxavite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/21178278895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f697824e3---regora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075478ee3804---85877959585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073eec510586---litelusomozutowunawi.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_off0000f04f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF04F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010866.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10866 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 32f9d5ce273beb0cfb5e6ad9261bba7eca089340ff95c9201258b2dd3d9df415
font_02_sfnt_off00012181.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12181 18200 bytes
SHA-256: 27bc9b9127465b591fe1644d163609d16cea07aef5561a54b32bc4d227539222