Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1a70b34727295a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:42:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c473a01ae54029edade4986252a4163e SHA-1: 421c3b0d16c84e1f76aad9d9fb72ec56571d1417 SHA-256: d1a70b34727295a6c35035947ed16f310c12ecb6499ed89d7cf0bc49d8cd9923
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and a link farm on disposable hosting suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2777e8c72d---zigirupebunolasebiradipi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mjtptomeph40tkb9dmuqsf3cf/buxekerofifumonabokev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e6da2e8b6---xavutimuwaluxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad019d7f48c---99126277078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/xafobumozulumagokuwopumov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1106d73d5830adf0ab1a9500bc99dd4/60281813754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onmamtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210704_CB67409117F0672A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8eb10d5dd---48322956564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benevolo.it/userfiles/files/87347565528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuadienlanhhoaphat.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/82279770238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab679a169ae---dewiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862b5710068---kesaxova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/27794177591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/kepewalitixoboti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f6162a0c97b9aeed06155c96a8f3d27/xuvaninotofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ju69evhlcubvi0mun75s5pbtdn/28370208591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6102c8af7---modesifivewigusuluvuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpgny.com/userfiles/files/96167633843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacpartner.net/images_client//imagesfile/99721972240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08938e49259bb72327ad6dc7b2decf61/56648664947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06330f1f74---bopug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d217c7efd6---13330308998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuppersbusch-center.ru/uploads/files/5171092321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crediramasrl.it/public/file/59607401260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyeminshop.com/DATA/files/kopamowerejupavodogata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=corallina+officinalis+pdfPDF 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_off0000f1d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109EA 10416 bytes
SHA-256: 1621f197be3039682c822836acae978a9b6963d30433b6042ec3c373c2feac4d
font_02_sfnt_off00012190.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12190 18760 bytes
SHA-256: 72007703d0635a6d159e36d24b52b3a73e220e6f149968cbefe3f08711de7cbe