Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f9295ee5fa45613…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.5 KB Created: 2021-07-13 22:54:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 83c74bd8ba10c34f9aa77fb91e3f0989 SHA-1: e885ce25b32e6d2ced877d0d4475e1eeb15ae63c SHA-256: 1f9295ee5fa45613988db487e5808978d12c8b4e4e4c8b6225038fbf8749d7c2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous external URLs embedded within the document suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a tactic to obscure the true destination and leverage compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=babylon+in+the+bible PDF link annotation
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/37912625857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f2a789ba25---givozedenexanoxegugamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/41818457087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a4a6d6fec---vevufokopom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/levizetekaluvixilurepixob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a82e42822---laxofaramom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d076eb5dd4---vinasow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rlhgio8o6hr4d8p0n8k98164a3/6744134761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escuelasfutbol8.com/docs/files/29097783387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8d6acb041---28099232495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-sign.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tifasifodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/39945557097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2ac83a601b---datilojukimawokapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/749066b3c8ccfaa7678b6a11b98cd868/81034588988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d48fdd9923---47529583984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b51b1055d51---61734037219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c3b88d7ca---sojemiwagiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/xolenekokib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t7fq27dqdckjoam5mb6mjcou0j/10871826344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoletiziamasciotta.eu/userfiles/files/63068019632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf9f1e1a98f0619e77540da7cb89d1ca/zaxudigedasuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad955a81d39---puzakunafugapa.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_off00014a04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A04 16808 bytes
SHA-256: d26cb32e62d763d94359c801a8998ce1a1618b15a928876401fcaba1cdf40801
font_01_sfnt_off000175dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x175DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00018df3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18DF3 10244 bytes
SHA-256: b242f0b57cfbd31fb0f916eeb570bd620efbc6859e449084d85a07540fda2b8f