Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a026a210e55505b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-25 05:55:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fde348748f56d0cd471898240912f173 SHA-1: 369b3231133d14c2971360d747af3b30f4d2161c SHA-256: a026a210e55505b77e754043aa3791d224d9ee4cf1beb46c173fa7c11e419b79
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier as malicious. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve to distribute phishing content or second-stage malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc9dd0ae955273feb852a505c41f9763/77222580271.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7cd2c1f9f---47081540659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://placc.info/up_image/wagetopidizajatok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirai-kankyo.com/userfiles/files/54440004146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9607f28805d1bd3c52b3d942fe32a3f5/20573182605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/539e6104717dfaa84641d3bf66072318/58095523203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideatity.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kujukavidetake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f23d4d0656a---80288259549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/82159658635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a4ac319f77---wikusotuxuzuselanujisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839517ae92a---xufetabuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaochue.vn/userfiles/file/dofimesikopejiwulodaxofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9d0b102a6wc3y4a.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210706104437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencshoworganizasyon.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vakenelajomimerekeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d527a1a84d2---puwafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14772aebf6---pufawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/35143366547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://memphiscentral1969.com/clients/865565/File/28654347231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios//files/gexasikineju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b620543191cebca72c0eff1ff7fded36/lutagezipasorezapona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/58522011894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb6997913ee---gexuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=understanding+your+college+experience+2nd+edition+ebookPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000ead3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD3 11364 bytes
SHA-256: 0fb6fca439c7bbe1a4ba6808564ae4d0b82aec8a7f402d585d286cdcc4fef7ce
font_01_sfnt_off0001055c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1055C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D6E 16544 bytes
SHA-256: 6494ccaa9c4e2ca6723ce9595312bb7750da52fa64e4bfa962b5c992f2e465ed