Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fa974c5a5277a98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-17 17:58:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 231ce71a970899bf1e882b71596b1708 SHA-1: 4592444f5ddefb5b6baa96d266697df3589c6fe9 SHA-256: 1fa974c5a5277a9826aab376dae62e16be261fa500b27a99e073e93d30906ff7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm on potentially disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c48acfcbd---7730856445.pdf
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/kupek.pdf
    • http://terralis.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/4396681860.pdf
    • http://maihome.hu/admin1/file/revafikawidikosoloxel.pdf
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b8315b3ba---8341123058.pdf
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3bf9c7dc9d3833dec77b3112a235a43/mizitugojopuw.pdf
    • http://www.fk-fudosan.net/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/32801357728.pdf
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/vemixabugibekadepe.pdf
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9415201db3---kujufadem.pdf
    • http://scheidenschiedam.nl/uploads//file/nulezupolezubasoditugobu.pdf
    • https://michelbarbot.com/upload/files/90940997966.pdf
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1b168c1e4---temazujireb.pdf
    • http://alliance-vietnam.com/upload/files/25411468003.pdf
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e6b43a505---sepimogajusapesunodopani.pdf
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muziparowew.pdf
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/gutilazarixidifapo.pdf
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee7c112c50---kodovuwaditejofezozoxe.pdf
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab04fc9b2501b30be313caa3ba3496ae/98052065625.pdf
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42234dc79321bf4da6a637be693f82cd/13291119464.pdf
    • https://ldcpc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93133469058.pdf
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9luj9bdg01hq1dmv6q6fu4k1p3/10606356105.pdf
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/45553317091.pdf
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/7693041750.pdf
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/70251820228.pdf
    • http://vietxetai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g9il70rp9g61s8b328re6dfu87/93398085531.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=red+tailed+pipe+snake
    • 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_off0000e740.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE740 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff52.bin
7af5055352844274d533950e66ff909f051e30a4aa7325832e0845173c695512
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF52 17220 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012c71.bin
71127566707abb34222a0ab76b7962ed03026ac99eb6b526e7f1809a1d567f33
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C71 10300 bytes