Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a95e8da782c58699…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 01:36:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 64aa2443753d7c421f624cebb4db3d61 SHA-1: 15b62a724ffd40c3042a8e7fd8a53cb21294a6c7 SHA-256: a95e8da782c5869952ae5770c626890234d831ffb94dd4565ec7d410cb37ee23
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs suggests an attempt to track user engagement with potentially malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+great+hunt+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://aaykpn.com/uploads/editor/files/kibojenadabaput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/suzefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c36e95303---betaxuligujutupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d83394d27c8cb02c9e5894739b176ae/371521173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fe3941c2d0d013f5e1e26e1409a4f7e/rebojivija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/76026443996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1bedf13637---kusose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d323ecaff24---72235651284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/51217482368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2cb4ba2e52---71340745914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iringmalaysia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33820515648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d22bb18564---69199813212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a164bdd4fab8040637ee0bfbd0dd200/38495484191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuehle-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75924290298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7db11369ed4cf78c8ea8a8337940a0ec/90935679682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6494575927d236b5c34a0855ddbade23/ditoxinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021060113265080554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd453ba84f---39293303475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/40672582252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/fanisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c029c058e2eba16d85585919341f3d6e/rutuselugupanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a374597f817---jupujokoremizowemasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6221e0cd8c527ec624c6791d1a649a90/niwovixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71v8eqojvenf91rern5qiprvk3/famofaxodonunilanuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90a42994a108b8670bf1585919398dfd/vufunabovu.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_off0000f26d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF26D 16568 bytes
SHA-256: f0b8ca4dbd74af8605edb80b890bd223f7c1b5ad99c244b14045fa7f30dca80c
font_01_sfnt_off00011d79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013590.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13590 10416 bytes
SHA-256: 9ba934b53078755d476b296eda0430ca4fb561c91bbb77f6e0eed46ffb911bab