Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1713e1b27143a05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 10:48:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 41e326411bad380b31eca02f445e4092 SHA-1: 5fcf0ca3e2c35d6d2f4ea405aac177494279a1e1 SHA-256: d1713e1b27143a05eda5a0085d58fb8b862ff95156c73227c2d3b51ee4ff9cca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded URLs and the heuristic findings of a 'link farm' and 'compromised CMS upload link farm' support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/soxizetujuviximo.pdf
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fukimojoxilu.pdf
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c04f76599b4ebeabaaceb72d9aa02653/82635881537.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e59f2273faef96b59c4ebf71bceb91e5/1823764829.pdf
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1a08a2413---90255022840.pdf
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/83874698989.pdf
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3lokdopo4vd1k3felvo91nujq/tejovirixi.pdf
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04b7167b07---supagan.pdf
    • http://csc0851.com/userfiles/file/20210627172716_yminbi.pdf
    • http://ghhs1968.com/clients/5/57/5762190d0a265df614d1f295a7060a42/File/nowuviruxerapo.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076175fc7c79---50534671816.pdf
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/30773702612.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f5134acf5457cebe7dc09e74468bf69/momogelew.pdf
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d702e67698---mezerufudufaduvib.pdf
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/918da1b93a560f0f74b018805d0ed626/59971525297.pdf
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jespg6go6kqhp9ur4oanoj660/wejilew.pdf
    • http://richiefamilyreunion.com/clients/7/7d/7d03816b951c94fc7c065ced7c7ccdcd/File/50257043927.pdf
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/38708051646.pdf
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fka0i4qohchspr9l4a74k2jp65/xaduvegomu.pdf
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/zetekebedegomegeradolu.pdf
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c11e692a88---59000154268.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=gospel+of+mary+pdf+free+download
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7c075ed12dd93ab3a34fd7f313051af/luvajodikebeluki.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f72f.bin
22842f6c5e091be79a4a31d1317bab2540241b9ca73af88d887e9a629a5f3570
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF72F 17880 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012582.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12582 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013d99.bin
3abf772c2fa5e2d362fe35954f3739ca3d849905e957bf1710d5bfbe5c48465b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D99 10708 bytes