Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f92ed348a056623…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:20:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 5a42e9551df1140054d5a76f6fc3b7a4 SHA-1: 1c571ddc544910050947ac7d8106e5848333656a SHA-256: 1f92ed348a056623858e35751eb8c12a4d9e2940157eb5da8cd5b17146ebe1ca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. The presence of numerous URLs, many hosted on WordPress upload directories, suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-16/20210516163521912585.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073533cb086c---wuzulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9a502ae2077ff2e052d994b488762bc/xunavasuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812d34a7f13---98197970640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce5fe92c4d249e6045cca3a5a37f08d6/vapezipasusalojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/89789691769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ef6654562---nugerer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70de9396a151f2af97b00e7d35cd8924/63039867916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081cd5769e6b---zifef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/govododadobosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xenangheli.vn/public/files/40080608613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1b708fac1---bewijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607752d0ed6a5---67899808955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happypalettebnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/52688116182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1j86rhgn55go15ilpbd7egap5/gipajaxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pijntherapie.be/uploads/files/39146973413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68100087a5c4a9d33a52ec8303cc5dc0/gajijiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/rawonuwutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof68.com/clients/73441/File/41084069481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekalocal.com/Maeka/UserFiles/File/627310563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pcmjh3h8psubn9u46968utjsmq/vosilefot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210429094923101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma-itc.ru/!upload/files/43960076143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4764ae6e37---zeraxedejuvomosipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soportedevida.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lusazamupuluda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=the+walking+dead+game+pc+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000fd3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD3E 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 055e87130d9191d35fbace47a22520078537e497f8b3a1e5dda0a2b31385451f
font_01_sfnt_off00012a5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A5A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014271.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14271 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 1d09d8a522958583ba64508a96c78222c9886e5f8fb76e5b5d9a8e17f8e47621