Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f147d626965d68da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-07-23 21:49:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d3eafdf42190e9944355ddb151cd1812 SHA-1: 066e57fe7e8fb5fb2fde637819cb47f02354d552 SHA-256: f147d626965d68dadc568aa56a6a995b9fe3fd760e98ad0872c60402eaffcd07
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and UTM parameters in some URLs further supports the hypothesis of a coordinated phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://glaze-metalart.com/upload/files/6507530103.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/zusumez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf0099058e---padaganigesexutotuwejazev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c361578f07c9ea4504fa52c5013a11f/vuderatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/38342621223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iworking.vn/uploads/files/zapazakarabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791a0958f53---59522734622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harissarantis.com/userfiles/files/foruvozudafonud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160934ddbae191---mevisupinajubamuwefoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/346722923689bfc331b35b06afbddb03/15318714326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nprofit.hk/userfiles/28011614985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a32a568778199a407d22d71a7e69647b/71568194938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16071d96d1b3ab---jedimiferopisasum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhs1970.com/clients/a/ac/acc339db084e87cdfae31a76a6c96f1c/File/11222881195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0eb71831478bd9e9459ff6b36bdd635/nigituvuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071adbd5d5ba---biwozexipevinimosep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/22443916519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30919438b4efdef2984ff1532ef57f41/1611531664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840fd0d5d55---guputebapuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecirturizm.com/resimler/files/66886636499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9a1a2ef1310725e2b0f832c5590df54/52100105437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5d1e4fb24---42286383019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wongkungfu.ca/clients/f/f5/f5c316b966f29b3192b3e9e3c5714b3c/File/kanavorevobejowakiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d696445a2df---xutunemadobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=pirates+of+silicon+valley+worksheetPDF 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_off00010474.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10474 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 2ada4860e0cfcc79334da919b0dbbaaa2853785254f8338fa8608cbe0d63292c
font_01_sfnt_off000133c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133C9 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 337f7048b4f42578981ed031917fb8d96b98da77f20ab8b63be3c03d2a642a63
font_02_sfnt_off00014caf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CAF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1