Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1794d95f1c7c3a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 23:28:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1cac21a7a999c19bd225a07a49eb5d13 SHA-1: b06666f7fcbc53c828768a3a6f19777b6da20e7b SHA-256: d1794d95f1c7c3a1f181d6b13a8695874b2da17e9adfea7ebc9fe21dc4b90056
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests an attempt to lure users into visiting potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://bephoangdung.vn/uploads/ckfinder/files/17122917526.pdf
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/zipusabivasodewane.pdf
    • https://kompaspt2.com/contents//files/puvikofuxexapopunuve.pdf
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62ce3436d2d479a3d5a783a9911e2459/xagixegikedobizu.pdf
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c75d6ef3e79b9d2a85f710151262290/xisexumipedix.pdf
    • https://tidaksusah.com/contents//files/gomupekamomobim.pdf
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/dudulinobozivatu.pdf
    • http://gocreate.termall.pl/upload/fck/file/7802476984.pdf
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/39820504868.pdf
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10ed648e087dbfe1a2db19d6b4795525/jaretomagupusigefifiwaba.pdf
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/627d4a8741c3d60c3c410174926eb312/ramukesarejalij.pdf
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4c46510ed063a88720c35ded823c741/92486544183.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dmegvbg2orll2jf2htlcqit8r/4378132173.pdf
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e844857f0---20973899981.pdf
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e35b3cbdf3f63622ac4648d3b226f58/betoriniromajuve.pdf
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/19756403477.pdf
    • http://coopmong.com/ckupload/files/zivigamikiroruxuzoxivu.pdf
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jlvek288eus1m0fr9kg7q69rin8nirs6/gitoxavofixet.pdf
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/kadigalididogime.pdf
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075da10b2937---wabirivodusesabalevafo.pdf
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ece2148e03---dugagilejuwixuzalodutofef.pdf
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c03c7b0256d7cf8236f3ec7175eccfdf/gotuxube.pdf
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/52620774448.pdf
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/losulilamidumag.pdf
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608729548a6eb---10225535973.pdf
    • http://mynigaoe.com/upload/file/20210511203039.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+quote+dialogue+in+an+essay
    • 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_off0000f8ed.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8ED 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011104.bin
2c7fa1c17f3e1c1ccaec932bf90db6f9190ef69c8eeee0bafc19cabfccfd6036
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11104 10760 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001295d.bin
976988a4c7eb3cd29abd55cf6fc9bf6c04e9232c007fdeb6e81486c1e7f348a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1295D 16856 bytes