Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f09247c44660037…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-22 09:58:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 541ead64696a97464b5897d65e7acbbe SHA-1: 37d968f9db87e226d4b949aec5368531fd06bda2 SHA-256: 1f09247c44660037e7d2395d4877af05da48706777990fccf560bed7833186b6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites, likely to distribute further malicious content. The presence of numerous unknown URLs suggests an attempt to obscure the true destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a13755db2e---32157696648.pdf
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-15/20210615024505614342.pdf
    • http://globeksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/disivoronipewaxatune.pdf
    • http://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/puxogipugudunanajivi.pdf
    • https://delcinfo.ru/img/files/files/puxekovoxowozamekijolub.pdf
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eaf4404a2c---tugen.pdf
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607317c0859a5---xakabewuxezaro.pdf
    • https://mma-montessori.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mimewu.pdf
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4u2on4904uli2cmtf161226qo6/91742844540.pdf
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffc5cbc9c0---87776350402.pdf
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad603076247d54c01717623add9c932a/lapobekewexar.pdf
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/636c0612a39d68dd02f6a962093dfaec/71412254367.pdf
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/fokepegulonasovemiko.pdf
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/451621c395a417c2bf094cf3c84d54bb/24365292820.pdf
    • https://laserbeautymachine.net/d/files/49897077569.pdf
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/39773476330.pdf
    • http://lindseyderence.com/userfiles/files/88523545965.pdf
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/7931238015.pdf
    • http://tomaszfilipczak.pl/userfiles/file/46903861559.pdf
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/molaguketovox.pdf
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3b3ade6b7---kiladurix.pdf
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/petorasuxobaw.pdf
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc2692e866---ditasom.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=act+2+of+the+crucible+questions+and+answers
    • 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_off0000f07a.bin
b60dab22a2a73c74fb2c08a0446a881414d4195b75d6f2231a9773d8ed6d2020
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF07A 16708 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011c02.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C02 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013419.bin
32f9007812367d82e6b6da5c80fd11092d90898841c16d90ac105260ff35acba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13419 11144 bytes