Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1d8d93fd150561d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-12 03:09:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5cbadc2366374e56badb82f9c98b571e SHA-1: ab7038247d37309ae53da6483abb85a9c9b49a49 SHA-256: d1d8d93fd150561de233813f995b5537f40c655dbc66be4aad64ca3e946bf792
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or trojan delivery. The file's structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BB+%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA+%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD+%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F+%D0%BF%D0%BA PDF link annotation
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kb7r0ervrl13bra1698devfh77/jikowopokiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasdeu.md/data/userfiles/files/sukideximokimapokor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/bafomodekelurafuzivexilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29c98c744a7a8ebca152b5500b0fbaa3/gafonezasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backyardreleaf.ca/clients/6/6a/6a4eaaf8452764cb6fc14c9064ed0c71/File/6430863037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc3e98e8d2d---13593246740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onsijsselstein.nl/userfiles/files/wibamewepumapegejid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/20210514/21051406020088974902fymwd5yp0a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161145a8854186---94804441887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-club.eu/userfiles/file/35350357997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysidehigh65.com/clients/d/d0/d00d1ad1640c45b888f5e58ac216a5d1/File/6209485715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabtur.ru/upload/files/76539935808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://disonde.com/filespath/files/20210805135256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5490625ab56a86efea6904820bcc8fee/58019061396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebf1860aec658a10d44c8b07b077d16a/92036749294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lrsinc.co/userfiles/file/valopelelinuwibig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec8h50laj32t3od6vsai591l4l/39635739385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villanakarin.com/userfiles/files/mofiwenesariwinumafofis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdsvieclam.com/upload/files/11793510432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingcraftviet.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/wasevasidiwade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/85961469329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a5f3bc330---penixuvojipitogurajopaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hophungvietnam.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/zedavozikuvetavedoxuwoguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6301e4dc324ee5026faf6373f8a9dfa/3896186092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aefe3bd0dc9---daxepuxamaneviwowelaxaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bitree.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53381577207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaztelcom.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laluwusixagibevexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d9f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f20e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF20E 11384 bytes
SHA-256: 9ba52f1f1dd584ae6d1aabf25e2c12a2bc20fa14a63f898994bdc477332c1a00
font_02_sfnt_off00010c8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C8B 20940 bytes
SHA-256: a799ccedd76e56c71c563c9e7b9a37a1501383199fba3ff469824fce01e4345e