Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fdcf2a2c9623bb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 09:48:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3e5adc6f60a92d320e76a4c0eaf52192 SHA-1: c64db2fa2eb81f787d21cd7749bb6e4687b68a4b SHA-256: 1fdcf2a2c9623bb74c383e3bcfcca20ec7442e985c43692abc854273dda68cc9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting domains. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute further malicious 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 http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074818447d3e---jodukenutumerulinoma.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/nufipijoleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca370ae7b5---7088691487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f728cdhofh1l2cs5d52nhajhvj/gazomimojozawiwekudoliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56d83258dc5d573e3b8f26e6cb519728/94493937960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bomtvplus.com/data/board/file/20210530132920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/libqvr0r4eqjomdnbesoikk4te/dukewejuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/122b7442a7c86cb43c9bee8071b8f138/46215528978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/18889080088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727d4557a83---50414176906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f53c81e19d---23452475590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/jebujixojimojimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6be9d7f744---sutematimewizunimesixato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a806cc8d14---wikarutanirexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/batolosedamifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c675b88c2892e1550d073aa7dd9d9aeb/33126347247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607540fc31f1d---xumawiwavilumajazofupajok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datajournonepal.org/files/tuterowitefulel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081af541eeb1---kakirozifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d577a0f920509a2b763d1468a758c19/pezamobofane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/14551304918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f4bee3128---bavabixedakorotokip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098e981cfc08---55956939252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86092da7aa---wipazepup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=synonyms+of+new+yearPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/546e4c1c12651c65d0792614a835ecd3/gurafowakiguxadiziwez.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_off0000f2e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E0 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 0e94a0b1993d4009ab82fa4aa09a29d49a3b3f8dbf5e40d6873fa29c82d4dfef
font_01_sfnt_off0001202f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202F 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 57db99a4313830eb0d4bb064911684264e4580c89bc70f8ab16bdbdc69d0249a
font_02_sfnt_off000137d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1