Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f82596d0b6b1a0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-24 07:25:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 139c1d9771789fdc48807b3cb9b9cef6 SHA-1: 3b9409e029acbc7d212dc772351efceaf7c6bd6e SHA-256: 1f82596d0b6b1a0ed3cea2f48a18822e5c043354b2d043d04c66a9042440c723
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, identified by the 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure suggests the PDF is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content hosted on these compromised domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608716316a41d---92048178933.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee7f615aba6---gukizamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbfilm.ca/resimler/files/wunuzilotuvilokubebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d855e559af---28018123997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tilestone-pools.com/i/File/31115949341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088671f6b06b---56912719605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c97c35c0d---kakuwuxubutisulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af2949f27d87f9e74b542df66109e13e/vasalop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dbcb119c401c720c4884aa463db8e85/zakanabumiwakusew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pidudatejene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d27bdd170c98233259bc8911d9079d9f/10216040004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://danielstrehlau.com/userfiles/file/18461063382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b36gd8f06m3uqju3hp4guogk5h/didupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukgoobok.com/files/fckeditor/file/55009944943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/fodoperusopabaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/rosufukilepujekifufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2df313e9094f14f8c954ae9cc7ebb218/wojidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medosojewellery.com/userfiles/files/27568681417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071da8db639f---logufexosib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/24874216373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotte-ppta.com/beta/assets/file/wutul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infypos.com/infyposcms/media/wifopazivajilubopug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debeleven.net/UserFiles/File/10410586282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce3cccb435---ruwuwuzifuzipekemub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=quimica+organica+lg+wade+volumen+1+pdfPDF 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_off0000f0cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0CF 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 46bf2aa583f35e55cb12f75ec6ded7423e8fc35f32faddec38e52d261f08311e
font_01_sfnt_off00010a79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A79 18988 bytes
SHA-256: e3041421714474406c4b3e71c94fbc1f86b8e55de416a8eb37834ef862eb5936
font_02_sfnt_off00013b23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1