Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 895a697e3d22bc58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 21:56:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0e14a304d8b35b1fac7df6dcbab53f94 SHA-1: a863bbf901f718d4ebaf439d1b2bbfa48d4f5339 SHA-256: 895a697e3d22bc58ce4578e1dc56ae285e2e89c7175ca6771695af003f79cb16
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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 distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/83353707200.pdf
    • http://aisef.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/44557361106.pdf
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47f42c65f4---gomadufiduxusi.pdf
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/564880ebf85f9e9c4e847a03c9ecff40/41626843378.pdf
    • http://henri-ruch.ch/doc_pub/file/gupalalezosizazasuwige.pdf
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c338be148---57120926766.pdf
    • http://vote4dannybarry.com/clients/2/2f/2f5d4f67c16906f9b09010289963de11/File/14322796592.pdf
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sijok.pdf
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad26371aadc---femozadefeganogolux.pdf
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f4f5736b0---jemugidifazugazisivijo.pdf
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/3952652327.pdf
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f1786e0e4---zozejugetamisolokevezake.pdf
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/gulotitezadawoditiv.pdf
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c513330ad30ad11abc7dfaaa00a3ef64/29905220426.pdf
    • http://citadelcaralarms.com/userfiles/file/nuzelare.pdf
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609853ae03eda---49053341793.pdf
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b6b0a739b65443a77d0c9a46e340a45/govipo.pdf
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/llj9n3j9jctl09nlfa7gq04btl/85312570740.pdf
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ef425a320---zediduduna.pdf
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/75732358603.pdf
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7594164c7---53800218729.pdf
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab35bd88ab8fce2943b4f5a0f52f1264/xivimegoforunur.pdf
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/36922058100.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=real+world+situation
    • 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_off0000f612.bin
deda0aa606e93202c439e5700c5266ddf471dfb433e01f55321ef1d75275047f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF612 10472 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e06.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E06 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012618.bin
f2c536842a3a96ea8e81edd9a655340b8e8d1286d355366b38801a0e1c985c3a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12618 16864 bytes