Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f00cd7e55452282…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-10-03 20:36:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 536948658d51669f98354e0924529f69 SHA-1: ad527ac9b942d57c1f839d1fe23854f38156a2ee SHA-256: 1f00cd7e554522822a8241b6f12ffe6c40340662d67b4913cd39697e05d0da38
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. The 'PDF_IMAGE_LURE' heuristic indicates it's an image-only document designed to trick users into clicking an action trigger. Multiple heuristics point to the document being a link farm, with many URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://tdvvietnam.vn/webroot/img/files/seserekimopigiwoluwifap.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/dilejebaxugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5gjar4n8bbss42cuo61gtg1dvr/4866796312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartextil.com/firma/files/fokowekinudelanagaketizob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://88cpap.com/userfiles/files/kikuborus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoongnau.com/upload/files/pivuwolijememaguwitinur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://likuidart.com/files/ckeditor/files/77222200952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamarchesainterita.be/lamarchesainterita/imgdb/news/files/41545722969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://booking-news.hkdnracing.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/87303729450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-songshi.com/admin/upimg/file///tufus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honeystraw.com/uploadfiles/file/9385468094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161450c95d5645---89013482104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155ed41564ed---wiwisabawiladokajagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netlandschool.cl/files/lilixikimitipugifudoturaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/53511466492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kocgrafikavukatwebsitesi.demowebsiteleri.com/upload/files/21479396583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodara.eu/userfiles/files/zidowevugox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161494b433c5a3---zivulurofatufavodumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/tezolalatajem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uhorder.com/upload/files/winarefaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614212bb25b28---rivev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b9bab033d7badcfa01e15bb8054d229/pilagakolalil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangvetthuong.com/luutru/files/9935329480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttworld.hu/uploads/content_files/files/53826753804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cli-kh.com/uploads/files/202109301701413276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://literie-depot.fr/UserFiles/file/ninabewatiriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+centre+of+gravity+of+a+semicircle+of+diameter+12+cmPDF link annotation
    • https://www.thc.gda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/majobefigo.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_off0000b5e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5E8 14064 bytes
SHA-256: 3d2b5f9c48c500ea7a75a6b21d802dc77872d4429dfb71392d7eff2aa0c1bcb1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d88b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD88B 11268 bytes
SHA-256: c6870c39c2782b2abec3c01abf6b0421b460e443c6ab28b3f4a6b43891119615
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1