Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a158da317d0da506…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-14 08:49:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3b494e8cc4d605b3630a475d7d38a43d SHA-1: fdcc593a06c06151a0b051da73c5b7dca14781bd SHA-256: a158da317d0da506d482e8fec2f81f6888e09eecb0af521c0aa110616b9942ce
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary function appears to be directing users to potentially malicious external sites, consistent with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

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://hkparkkonutlari.com/image/files/72584076936.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86b1ba4466---55764744534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832b4e1be68---77701507623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/78889350978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/leruxopiziwanedusabufilav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928997a4772---42412079586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c44ef7059bf65aa96bf55d001846f2a/24134063670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/tobexukogiposu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gangwontaxi.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210706_1174458EE7804856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e68a0c5d7b9---75314718847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f39e5c861ea0865d4b18fa6b189ac870/femulamarosobizada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maketmaster.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xojomogivolilezobidepub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/487c9cfc2ce00b55e4bb0bafb9cdbdb4/xebepivokafelumudotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/lozekine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55bangl9srg1hp69rk2jirkje2/sekalujufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01cc89157dcbc791f72b8ba21a3117dd/duvolupokexato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/gavuxomekugakegel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d02ca91530e55097c770f4cc4def1820/wavifuzuziravobirugojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3601883d49d59c70cccf29156c022382/71329993958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalgoodviewresort.com/Uploads/file/gosewimulefepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/pepopelofetomegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b73eaf33519---87099714323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f04a444be5---delenerapufim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9af314316---viwujajovujonenozumomata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4o9rnah1s8o7tk39cl0h53t0ra/97988926843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=hitchhiker%27s+guide+to+the+galaxy+47PDF 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_off0000e6a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6A6 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 8f50a56018e9c5dfb2158a22d22fc37e80eaf2bb64ce6986016caeb16269e15b
font_01_sfnt_off000100a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100A2 17176 bytes
SHA-256: 9bf97b3c6210ab1224489196e6cde6d4a475c3a97035b96dd46956dd0a0287b5
font_02_sfnt_off00012d7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1