Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a127bc1949108be0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 05:57:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 91fa336ce1fca5aff6be50f68f8c3c91 SHA-1: fa9b98aa9a29eb337e19ed8494cf266957a03ace SHA-256: a127bc1949108be0bce5b16740926429caf5eeea7be41a1443e3d505661870d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hal+r+varian+microeconomics+pdf', are likely used to distribute phishing content or further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hal+r+varian+microeconomics+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://gruppocaminiti.it/userfiles/files/tokipukavegeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137bb0d97bef---xubitatujafumawobalodulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmafirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pagila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpstart.mobi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xufulawox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtosfera28.ru/userfiles/file/neretiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irastuff.com/admin/ckfinder/uploads/files/51811425879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhttourist.com/upload/fckimagesfile/tipafomenutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euromarkcreations.com/new/fck_img/file/nikulajederekarop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoigolfbinhthuan.com/users/files/48513500142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igs.compcierge-asia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55142741310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teewer.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tipefike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taigesw.com/upload/files/lukipuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promoxcenter.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70474259603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144b28b1c94e---nozozulufirasapirulifuwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161437c260d4f2---napiduselurewelonopixune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145bf9098063---36343175145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh-songshi.com/admin/upimg/file///70721437744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msdoubrava.cz/foto/images/file/72566371756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charming-dc.com/uploads/files/202109100401427668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netlandschool.cl/files/faxizupitobutejorogimuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsacare.com/admin/uploads/file/81567817155.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_off0000d3be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBD5 10740 bytes
SHA-256: ea20c7b16acdfb6ac5868314da0e9d67f6e4e734d34fa6c4312b7a2b05ce3062
font_02_sfnt_off0001046e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1046E 17208 bytes
SHA-256: e9facb8bea20ff22ab98ea78fd2f5f6b08396974180a3a3a5bc889da74a7aa57