Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 604af7f1f0d00085…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 13:22:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 6f6ea1bc9b7108a0e980b782d5783f89 SHA-1: c5dec4a647ec118ed255ce66226b22888c1feb00 SHA-256: 604af7f1f0d000854a2b07e3a3f24a16aa01950bc4ecc1988a89b6d7b5d4b2a6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and the presence of 'utm_term' in URLs suggest a tactic to artificially inflate search engine rankings or distribute malicious links. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=placenta+at+the+back PDF link annotation
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/kogitat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b27db2016a---52075441392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anneadamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fanibitajusenenijojakaxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pgp5c05cn4k18mtdjm9c1d3ep0/kibulul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/voxexexoximaxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c07d82c1a---kefabijazelulalomajezatus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gapoom.com/upload/fckeditor/file/12327825646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8da623c79---59510593057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bfb59dd05b3ca716cb009486c05c6b7/81811617390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22ab7dc335---povumuwetig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7c62b45b4---lajopowugavesevubivanego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoal.com/uploads/file/62282566006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca382bbafe5---81403154926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2dae5a5f4c---padejexikunadonasax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b64c316d78---8863920452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4d0ed7e6ba---35774065801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0942e9217b5060e98fbaa53081b8d3b2/sibozoxemazasamirenofigaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3a9037457ed886d98f06b7d264d08c8/dizajedomofitonavirin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/flumo4c9taegsskt0fflodt5r1/jazizuvunokefozowixozovux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/76841796072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosgratuitosonline.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onkje22b3bu4fsf9cfuo17qcr0/46323405578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64dd87262e---bitinatusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/wazomonavuviwovagazabitix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/276e3d3b7e7a360b24411c344526680e/71037188912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6ec554e43---16840683735.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_off0000ec4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC4A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010461.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10461 10080 bytes
SHA-256: 5f6dddc2d523a2c27dc72095a72d4809d16b75640f9f5f05e7939a98284752ce
font_02_sfnt_off00011ac6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AC6 17208 bytes
SHA-256: 22c2ab45cbdaba1ad248ea55a74245bb32d974a70369acb53d5f8a957351cde3