Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fe58f51dc68aeae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-16 03:51:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3b9e916c70fd1862023343fe1bec4282 SHA-1: 93e966cf2e02273204bf53c7911a9aa808f19451 SHA-256: 1fe58f51dc68aeae5f45aefdda5f64692e1e2b7a2f299f674193341d9ad0a3b2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fastest+way+to+transfer+android+to+iphone
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/resolezabilabepipokazozol.pdf
    • http://lex-ter.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27826174046.pdf
    • http://sibzakon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nafozevovekula.pdf
    • https://www.cygnusdvlp.in/nitdurgapur/uploads/editorUploads/userfiles/files/regekexuzepexuri.pdf
    • https://cdmsig.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mamopefewerefepup.pdf
    • http://henanshuangxin.com/d/files/69963873916.pdf
    • http://agedwedfjtj.pretty-match.com/upload/files/20138994129.pdf
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fca065d5b8---78653897497.pdf
    • http://plenerowe.kbo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voxoxamuposalawemefebuve.pdf
    • http://licausi.it/userfiles/files/napazilixodiniviluwal.pdf
    • http://daindnc.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/fafizofiwaduduzewu.pdf
    • http://fiumevivo.it/userfiles/files/tuvuxotejobafoxuv.pdf
    • http://gibisch.info/files/files/64168644029.pdf
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161317e26b19fd---xosubododu.pdf
    • http://eikenhorstgroep.nl/userfiles/file/61489757195.pdf
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139bf91832bb---vuxinolulinadopati.pdf
    • https://ud-hobby.com/images/Upload/file/pulikazoledadipotufikut.pdf
    • https://gencerenerji.com/resimler/files/36289638684.pdf
    • http://moriefrusca.com/userfiles/files/39341772920.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cdb5c17e5e---lonofaratanosukibulusef.pdf
    • https://alpinashop.rudy-ra.com/files/24949338492.pdf
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/68142917948.pdf
    • http://rogersdesignhouse.com/uploads/files/80356298114.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df8adca41888bf67a2738bebf2ad7896/lugewukedovofat.pdf
    • https://delphin-bau.com/ckfinder/upload/files/tuwise.pdf
    • http://087334211.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86277323757.pdf
    • 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_off0000d364.bin
a1e0dec596e59fb8cf10d872b608a25b516eab763f4edb0cfc0079462bcdea6f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD364 17680 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000100e0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100E0 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000118f7.bin
fc3cb037a84376caac50a83a32fd5744c66bd2c9f739f3f6cda9e89498a00dc9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118F7 10724 bytes