Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fd6f0754109ee01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-14 04:04:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a2e37ee8ea48a410698657dad017fdf6 SHA-1: e0329b140e992544a4fa4d3393a336f8a322645a SHA-256: 1fd6f0754109ee01f11af115ad39fde065dced7722d4ef89dc2b0d171857361b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous compromised websites and disposable hosting domains, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs and the structure of the PDF suggest an attempt to exploit users by directing them to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+regents+review+book+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aadbc36454c---48507236931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweedehandswikkelaar.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/vevosenoribelagokovub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c06194ba109---ganizevow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c2237e19a---ladaboraja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b848e453bee---90646177350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105091845121402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/19204211204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160916d776e8e7---kifeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/zipujokodosupakanoparojir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f813cc9f31482f338f40a2bf8938cfe0/surirusejavasomurez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4733a8160ab1a89f38365e624d7c817e/30419814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcbd24dcd5a---12022417412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832b29d762d---4705453303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c24c967f2f4---mirede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fulzugaskozpont.hu/files/kozobujiremamelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3596abfcbb47cfbf630fa00046e61320/kipenomijelusesemidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaneighbors.com/userimages/16503090969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vs5s79i0d4prhp34ugs1lqb3io/92499654198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa70d0bb42---37445597277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rpv-drachten.nl/files/file/nozubepisomanepurufusake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/66951990864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/55924178609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945845e7321---rozanosedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4c96b4ffce41604e0a5aeb7f75c6ee9/nixusapodufavasaja.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_off0001039b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1039B 16852 bytes
SHA-256: 5e1dc87aa5720ab7287bddcff1e3ce466c9a4361c725eff6dd17a35e3f3a766c
font_01_sfnt_off00012f33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F33 11036 bytes
SHA-256: f60f2d060c8fcd5d4f3916e19db3fd31cfaa4ec231d94d2df942ce12a09aeb6f
font_02_sfnt_off000148d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1