Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fcf7b9b2ad644ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:46:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e590687d9b69224dfbc1604fa358d234 SHA-1: 9c1056708ecd0f85e1a8985c7cad4ac7bb169e3e SHA-256: 1fcf7b9b2ad644ed98d9fd1d376c32a0b6f6949552b109ac86d7aa42773502c9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The file functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised or disposable domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of XFA forms and the nature of the embedded links suggest potential for JavaScript execution or redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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://frigotechreina.com/userfiles/files/zibuxa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/86092108519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/agoi8esd9afq92pd21lfkhlm8j/88755801920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/85956794670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefertilizergranulator.com/d/files/zabezilaworenimetumeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prvugkh.ru/uploads/files/zixikuwotarimafefifewoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protectname.xyz/whoisprivacy/userfiles/files/65731391089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0aadceefc7672ba6ac3db5e7ebb8d889/lemaweliru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-restaurant-plainfaing.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2334298106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d547a25e67b578e06a20c4ef8b0b779c/datisidafivedigowexorebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76e8behd3v7l1srfi4aa7ogg2g/80282548399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afad6d6f751---96147149196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsfeed.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/96803879116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolnoslaskialarmsmogowy.pl/imgturysta/files/16386681583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6109qbn0pusobodncd281dr81f/38224228291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chpcentre.com/files/file/rejumunin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feg.vn/uploads/files/45587287120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ffe2cd08e---tevaxitifel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a17bb0998f1---kelifidumagapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womensmentalhealthmd.com/clients/9/9a/9a9ccad1be43d50cbc9928f06550b956/File/43396329977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///luvajurulevusisigaxonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7edb30e00804f202b3a82b680fdf18a9/56057136942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bef0cc6bddd93ca5a21110a695421b51/4484593943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964796aaf88---3528876109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=genetic+mutations+worksheetPDF 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_off0000d85c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD85C 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 9c224f7dd318e1f8231abba9aeedeb305eb27c71a58c386496eab38371c46e1a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f10d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF10D 17224 bytes
SHA-256: b4842dd3310d484799da578916b23cf6359224d4e06400f3f7f0de0ce8baf989
font_02_sfnt_off00011dee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DEE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1