Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f048c7ae585e87e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-13 16:57:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9f24f2297a2dc1a7f0fd49b136a26331 SHA-1: 72b4a4c07a7214b3f5456bb97c970333662b1722 SHA-256: f048c7ae585e87e9c80e1e94e863869bc9d6bc13cb02bedf1213acbe6aefeb10
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external URIs suggests the primary attack vector involves redirecting the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fort+collins+tv+listings
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4356665ff---1135656160.pdf
    • https://traveletrust.com/basefile/traveletrustcom/files/47706845424.pdf
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffa76e73237477cc8ec35d603ad454ec/ratewavanoletedix.pdf
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/limutidopijogewuzofexug.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a33936b7d00---meketifonagazavutamape.pdf
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3fa7625a21---rurizupejeduvomawokituvu.pdf
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/751c5a01656a84133ab0ac403db97c35/raforubewededakag.pdf
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bit5hopbbv66ni3fm371o2ei1v/gaxawepopeloforurovexu.pdf
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609616ef620c4---naxatesafikofazugafuf.pdf
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t7fuusej8ruv8r7pjgb9glmdc4/71571916502.pdf
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/gerewipevirak.pdf
    • http://ebanksunited.com/clients/7/7d/7da19d52c1086e69e61582739ce98a0f/File/89222492978.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8l5rd800ug724s65i5mbuk0io/19097087425.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844bc1b3952---29413018129.pdf
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4oa2tnj0c95dlupf1s4ckq0va0/98613891019.pdf
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8d386db3ac---32709579218.pdf
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/tiwaxoserijisakez.pdf
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/70997930083.pdf
    • https://propactionvehiclesuk.tv/userfiles/files/99658516670.pdf
    • https://ljlconst.com/admin/images/file/48677565522.pdf
    • http://kistours.hu/userfiles/file/36918355520.pdf
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6e4b0bc9a170df5b60ab5377112eb8c/vufukuferajaz.pdf
    • 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_off0000f971.bin
7411066043c7c8ae1d3fe208e328f0b43db8acc9f65099dff1aa0d8e92ac8337
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF971 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000127df.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127DF 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013ff6.bin
928cc51cbe15eec6306410d92f2e05013eb1dbd2718ab1978cf788a14a2c9fa7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FF6 10152 bytes