Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f117fd6edf4ecd77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-14 03:06:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5ca64bc01c4dabfd02bad7273d03705f SHA-1: 1e992ccebdcb3d7bbadb9ade9e1d50787168d651 SHA-256: f117fd6edf4ecd77274472a5f99ccb58baaff73ae979f03f07acf3b8bc78ed80
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links are indicative of an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=informatika+auto+followers
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a896f07f87---wozozimiti.pdf
    • http://rebeccaosborne.com/uploads/nofojefebuw.pdf
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a70507fee---venigobazokupofififap.pdf
    • https://learningsolution.ca/userfiles/files/41197891178.pdf
    • http://agro-partner.com/Image/files/pobujezuwaberiratasisera.pdf
    • https://www.peltonfell.org.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92440288355.pdf
    • http://hasdeu.md/data/userfiles/files/45162085725.pdf
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1852a99be96e75a37444358194af33c/rinawalideto.pdf
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/zaxugutasal.pdf
    • https://undergroundtakeout.com/userfiles/file/wuxawosogilerito.pdf
    • https://llbyggodesign.se/UserFiles/files/5961192580.pdf
    • http://liccuza.ro/stiri_files/file/rafanabego.pdf
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fd7704c4ac---nimakefinezotigalo.pdf
    • http://koreabulk.net/userData/board/file/657351783.pdf
    • https://pima-alarms.net/slicice/file/paradi.pdf
    • http://studioingtassinari.eu/userfiles/files/soxefagozuxevugonaveziwe.pdf
    • http://mfahk.com/upload/files/32669529538.pdf
    • http://sevvalturizm.com/rsm/files/35627730027.pdf
    • http://lignumweb.com/site/webroot/uploads/files/foxawivifofixari.pdf
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161334e63e85c1---78431207222.pdf
    • http://covina.crazyrockinsushi.com/uploads/files/968253338.pdf
    • http://zhizhencn.com/filespath/files/20210911092449.pdf
    • https://tsegypt.com/file/sejutaronukid.pdf
    • http://pegastelco.com/pictures/files/tinosizuwa.pdf
    • https://kheops-so.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50712601940.pdf
    • http://ricoconsultingattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/ledaxolufezapel.pdf
    • http://francescasciortino.it/userfiles/files/85312211857.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_off0000dc30.bin
294d6ba1a30f09218e836952fbedaa01699164c6558d94c3c8fdd41afe375dda
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC30 18112 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010be3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE3 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000123fa.bin
b61e9b94689670a11024ece280c9bb9ae9e5f39f972c93460d0f514546744fcb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123FA 10604 bytes