Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d073684b1ef3d3a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 07:30:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f730d22055fd2f57513bbea06530896e SHA-1: a04b7559b32c798c0123b5cbe140d2257c722b72 SHA-256: d073684b1ef3d3a26847af53743027e550980206c073f1cdb3174a04147f071d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs suggest a tactic of directing users to potentially malicious content hosted on compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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 http://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210619200220.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73505486115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f7f56fd0b---fufasejekujojubebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858fa790a2d---vawegatutudizepiruwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608740c1929b6---jitegetisifiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c64768851---sokinowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3c3c5289ca8565fe5846c4a9ecc0c0f/wuwizojitexutuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/sobawamokobofubudibawub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/snj8rc46ipar5ag9ko8eepg1k4/97899842106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/xitovajidilegizurilegivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6812fa2289---3259487889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/66228607714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76fd551ccee2b2e86294e21edffeb3bc/gekewak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/86894920327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/ferimunujelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucity68.com/clients/e/ea/ea220da86df44fb0ae3b7c8e8295ccc1/File/jisefowasunowewujesizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d80b920c4ea---tajonesavolupono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e75da0a8911e4cde64c485f37eeb343/baziwalakixovekekivowed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6a10b2fefc---13359785640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilieroccasion.fr/uploads/file/51580470346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eafcd3793e---24842456807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082df52b0507---xuvakijilapironesudazan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honghow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tegesojapobexifer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2385487cf---80803493309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=interpersonal+skills+interview+questions+answersPDF 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_off00010fd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000127ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127EA 10688 bytes
SHA-256: c1dc333f2cad07d43270866ef8b84d6c76c6bfa5e2bc6991920cc04c933bd69f
font_02_sfnt_off00014095.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14095 17792 bytes
SHA-256: fbb89f52d6edc2c829b8eb6c33ade0404da17b311566d31f4313a03617cfb24b