Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df36270f0e48d858…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-08-18 16:15:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 834e45e433aa0faee6b688b0ef7c5e52 SHA-1: 06d0c4f350dd46f7ce734da74a2df8aacac940ec SHA-256: df36270f0e48d8583015a7996aa304235663fbfeb504448447b9cea4f4f61a37
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a deliberate effort to create a link farm on disposable hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://uptindia.com/newsimages/file///sutoxabutapu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cd7eb9f0ba1ff9ba225f5158816bce0/27057851230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d8e94ddf7---45915844376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59b6271a16---73217207368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b0a0c83c2---xofubakofukizejuseja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pass-eco-energies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37902819175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083151353dbb---99562101915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/865715248618f09bb21bb9924a976860/45652115429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/459o3gost44ct4658dhobkn0d2/gipijixeburaborolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b59gel32e8n7ahf1djredqni92/xavipazesamafidobata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/37752084333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hps23r92shparu9mvar2ld1lko/pidelugojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laplacedesstores.com/upload/file/tibaxojudojoxedabewawoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcpavpos.ru/file/bisitogenobevopabukowuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image/file/visorixiraros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/remolatewokoxojunoniwezuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bblfkbk9c67mfivpdi8gci510/65050476576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingpoggi.eu/userfiles/files/jepiposimibibotusesoraso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvely-kup.cz/files/file/fimobivosopejexupupogoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/44598957023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d6052192818848f530996b436fc89c3/baniratog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79153408efcf65063a023c20510b57b1/39335676316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acril.ru/ufiles/files/togavelopobadokesojezubox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grotech.in/userfiles/file/29260704590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=biofisica+a+s+frumento+3ra+edicion+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_off0000efc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC1 11060 bytes
SHA-256: eeea2b2affb1aa98212d93d237b88145a5eb746fdf3f6b6379dffb898bc8657d
font_01_sfnt_off000109a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B4 16644 bytes
SHA-256: 5a541e74b7616f1fbd09912a03313f0630eeb12e90411e236f4debb887c0768f