Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d84bcbbe5f00f8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:03:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 68ca91749100f734264d283258b10c66 SHA-1: 0b6e15339261ce76ccba2bdfe28f002311d637f3 SHA-256: 1d84bcbbe5f00f8ef1e789bd821b707736d4823a9b45ae5fd66052ed591eeefc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters further support the link farm and potential phishing or malware distribution strategy.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe83ccf5ba---surotaz.pdf
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f705dd900ce824ae8c89677d0f4181a0/xadilimogisikeweviwa.pdf
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b9aaf2197---zixepugogin.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3dfd20b20---80526786784.pdf
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/junedosujobixemafe.pdf
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6feffkj5oqlui87o9jk9c191o1/buxoposejetesifan.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806cd2bb04c---788120137.pdf
    • https://hsse.cl/files/89060878354.pdf
    • https://sanxuattrucauthangkinh.com/Images_upload/files/vajuwajozu.pdf
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b91a146c9---zutakozazujizejirotog.pdf
    • https://mavibusiness.it/file/ganafomovolebabu.pdf
    • http://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/gegozenixubelazoz.pdf
    • http://vyveva.eu/UserFiles/File/budulara.pdf
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/956c431c2b993afbf29ff3ea25b5fcde/libiki.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95d5ae10770cc11d51fd350ca3d813a5/gijamojanoxajomowefuse.pdf
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k7hsa1mbp4f4iki8sv5l5fqkg7/91783600307.pdf
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc79eb03713---5420787484.pdf
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/26362164420.pdf
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/707044f215f45cd05af8a57a28f60f5a/vijizerajob.pdf
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/11280910417.pdf
    • http://dental-forum.ru/userfiles/file/zulekinitiwelu.pdf
    • https://ilmercatinosottocasa.com/file/zumivo.pdf
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/71214409222.pdf
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ca836ad0c9f9d5daecddc351a28e096/28008170050.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+javascript+and+jquery+interview+questions
    • 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_off0000e2ca.bin
810a4de69997a568dfbc3391b951ebf23e56e2ec6a359979ef3ea4f3d37c92fd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2CA 17928 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000111e6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111E6 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000129fd.bin
2d0f548b3a7167f7844db3c704822a896828c492023585e6e89c4f6b65261491
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129FD 11352 bytes