Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f7c59aa21881ac6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:00:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 713c4fbea07dce4a62e8739459e51300 SHA-1: 6349d48a43dd1ec968634ea6d0689a316b471acf SHA-256: 1f7c59aa21881ac6ffe3cab915c09ee2ad6ddb10acca8ea178dd4916489ab345
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=annualized+daily+volatility PDF link annotation
    • https://stijsr.com/userfiles/file/24351631187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/zepowamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dscm9temvfjctlfs1vcalq6n7i/fotawijevibifonon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d37ea0335---40161555029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/18395894239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092feefb7af4---nafusesoxugejejufuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8cb14051b6---7567213116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c57ae69e890b65d201aa4126b051d53e/megulifakidaxesadosozula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dm0p49tkj4dfdsn5cfsc0lbg50/tebesavabedusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ip-golubev.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/menirojanuzozodovemid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9894ac5e119556f9e4a058bfd1bb409a/41635704816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb8mt7v06cj15maqr1k3q37bio/78121340767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79inegm1ol32mdvv4n9o2dpe5h/guzajobinaxalixuxovamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rimsball.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43725806060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oaklandscreche.ie/userfiles/files/jodefoluxikibonirilokud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b409b24e6---93125349424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eef50ogqmh46324elnnghleqsp/33652415111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/diruti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d26b61f2918---80595028482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fs19u6iehlhnfvunmc1f5n1sg/96845480457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printjet.pl/pliki_user/File/metoduvukosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///kiwedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/491943631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soundreaming.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1f57515524fdc0953530651ac70b76a/45137144579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theatresaucinema.fr/uploads/file/36210281084.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_off0000e8b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100D0 10292 bytes
SHA-256: 77acd7aec7d811ec7b57296d350025315f61708473ef20e1bda524c550cd4ce5
font_02_sfnt_off00011826.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11826 18552 bytes
SHA-256: 282c5226ad4dd056387a5733ee333f39647eb0c753bbaa4e2b1560416bff1094