Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4f3013a256f4c8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.6 KB Created: 2021-07-23 02:09:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 91bfbc19996ac99c3ddb514232742b56 SHA-1: 06477fac0da4adc76653fefb1c87c11d9c62d7c9 SHA-256: d4f3013a256f4c8f27c1702d35b497ff70f8c78db49ace020b65ef1028466ae1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely to lure users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing pages. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9880

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://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8f349458bf0974bc44067e7c03f4228/xiledujuxuwexajawefimafin.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gpmpoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bunobekemawodixibunonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2m90hmc5pitis0fqik17eei9o0/77975914705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b854c5385332c20f261fee6c6b694fc/posoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://negaratoto.com/contents//files/wikaxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/mamoxokaritaker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5d558ff72---17316541367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/57386763639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c75cbb4735e---vopulufasisusujoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d568f81897---6187152860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57b7ef498901e686aa4e4dd36d57c410/11612489134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunnyvale.com/wysiwygfiles/file/32200284743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16073688eca9b1---56131917666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087980b7381f---67739777421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb9a6bc2ab---roladevikeborusidepew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd2a3bfa41---zovefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kristenpell.com/userfiles/files/49196239364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/67461916588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb0f4ebf55---85827499636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/057530c9a48054908bfd84ba42197311/sobine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxzyjy.com/CKEdit/upload/files/49862850546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/vizepipiwonekelobuvimilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b647b4e7e2f---72471054314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/15814483215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe0f42fb6b7eb0ec1c3713b3f5d01084/91446374303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/burubedezewuzejepagani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26f9b2a585ada9b38d51e05418c12696/70409005981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=a+concave+lens+always+formsPDF 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_off00011d8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001359e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1359E 17288 bytes
SHA-256: d108ae3eca57d6a902715cad2a63142da34d24d6d06afce4a507c2a4a0897679
font_02_sfnt_off00016301.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16301 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 97f0525e70562049e3bc8e8e9c978b5c7cef9413371f71e51e1f4d03c58ae1b2