Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c11f3fbdf4bbf30f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

176.9 KB Created: 2021-07-24 12:11:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d6a58c9f9d5c3f1cd97a0e8ce7732934 SHA-1: c6c468ce80e3cf03d9364d734cd585339c4e76bc SHA-256: c11f3fbdf4bbf30fec4fdea60d40bcaffd689d39e4a42b78fbc56e5ba7e598b3
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, and impersonates Microsoft with a call-to-action that suggests urgency. The embedded URLs and link farm structure indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9647

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=forza+horizon+3+para+android+sin+verification.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/jusofovegiwetedavuxodiduv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982f7e917f9---paxawufavaraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a12487191---8232521234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/lifijesinuteludo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b96b03c25e5f0d4a5debb5753380f769/rilofakifegatek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/711ab1b45f3e122c0f39ac10158764df/20228040462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaragozalawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/72065061945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94464312433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ticaproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95691605812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phs60sand70sdecadesreunion.com/clients/880504/File/xufutawijeremumafatijit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/454a0113c303847ab0430a8715c3f991/89364833850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0335e80f392da1304cb29dff65dd401d/tuwewipidupezedurokizolak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/70719141866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/kekez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/pojulixeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/dumogaletotetekijizisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-br.ru/img/file/kifaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711cfe77834---xaxatufisesujoxinak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moon-villa123.com/CKEdit/upload/files/fawexamagoxigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontsgoi.shop/uploads/files/8035488167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygoaltv.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/27552453178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bgbvkse0rvb871pho5pihksof5/jomiwigep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5e5b9b76c---melonununujali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c857c4e4710---24641973225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/90594683920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce7fdf5116a---19424502937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=forza+horizon+3+para+android+sin+verificationPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00024a88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24A88 1696 bytes
SHA-256: 28c5bcedffb0f63c0f18ed07264126f7c833899b916de9a351f9850be7cb6bae
font_01_sfnt_off00025299.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25299 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 8627a741ce94d9e60183eb9177b96f8dab019043d4bbc1892e20e15755df8d4c
font_02_sfnt_off00026c01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x26C01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00028413.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x28413 18160 bytes
SHA-256: cb0c9a68d81c676e9456cf54baecbf3d2367b089bc4a78642ab98ebf3aa9389c