Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d89d178f28ef0bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-07-18 10:48:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 0941277e4318d096ab7a1e92f4eef740 SHA-1: 41b278b0e60acacf1b0504c1d32c3b47c78cc358 SHA-256: 1d89d178f28ef0bf97423e6f6e6318a0cd9bc86229be3ac0ddef44833c1b75c0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations. These links likely serve as a distribution point for further malicious content or phishing attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7f788d286---sexafuzibeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee0900b9136---gajoxugumakodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7d5fae381---13481970537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790239b5acf---sovusapeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79985129942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wurifimavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoracing.hu/userfiles/file/davizajosuxipukelebotewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/2498165020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeraldoutback.com/clients/f/f6/f61299a274fa8fdb0c00f5b1ed511d42/File/dibulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dream-mebel.com/pic/file/wemewuragiwedanudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostsolutions.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kulaleboju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otartufo.com/ckfinder/tartufofiles/files/10757673521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/jexelorezomifipor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gkqjuhdvjkrdrsg4s7hiv0fq75/jorisupigijomoraxuxuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/51293423212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c28dbe266c9---jutiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba12788444f8b8e893b67d2f0ee2afb4/vojekokazavaligubijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7e5f4e80c4---28651528246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a72366faf6---letelalonumikoguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/388cc850e39955d54d8be87449e31396/zimasugolenukomejojobuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c8f662547---kofufotunudetewadiwira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reanda.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210703233530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minutemen-jrotc.com/clients/84940/File/jodafesulivefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2279a4ee1757e75f1bb96baf4bb1b97/fudejidipuwikotavuzenosar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e16fbb8e5f0---kukefipezekipekijiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/nodesid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=jpg+scan+to+textPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e197.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE197 10404 bytes
SHA-256: 1361c5977860420f9373e146428123b6bd67e907c5e7e024a12491316753dcf0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f966.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF966 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011178.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11178 17224 bytes
SHA-256: dcedbe846d3145549018e00d3d96cc3ac61c5f342a0aaf3ea9eb2a496350500b