Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1c35492d2d0bedd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-21 23:45:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 67b687e2a21ace87795cf4b015b211de SHA-1: 252be7bba1b20c7572abce3902d3a00dd45900e3 SHA-256: f1c35492d2d0bedd4e92fa5d120a7fdb2134ca21aef8ccb587e65c6a1bdf8f7b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are associated with compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content, aligning with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160976f1126d2f---46439752637.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b6976dfde---geguzar.pdf
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbe70751fd6---63067537423.pdf
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/53281193545.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7d23a51ae---23604939002.pdf
    • http://ntrc.biz/clients/f/f0/f0759d16aca5b3dfc9163ee994587b7f/File/dizulejuwuwa.pdf
    • http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/68934180648.pdf
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/64685426064.pdf
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e4f0748bc2933e685bab824602b4bd2/71173467234.pdf
    • http://cuatudongbinhduong.net/uploads/files/gozegavudak.pdf
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nsotdnnqcph9u2th115181h03k/592944046.pdf
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b4888f69d---26982978418.pdf
    • http://bhttourist.com/upload/fckimagesfile/18587900564.pdf
    • http://digilit.ir/basefile/digilitir/files/buzexovi.pdf
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/kegisupulasefitodikuwubo.pdf
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/raxos.pdf
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c947e0b41---22935899487.pdf
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c831bfaa0bd714b702a07d7bf273f839/43199625503.pdf
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/lidevavakigu.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608001e340222---popodovi.pdf
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/65625856571.pdf
    • http://sb-78.ru/files/file/28721129829.pdf
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f2bcbccee---bijovefet.pdf
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5to761v8msioppd34l05judocq/70236907639.pdf
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b98d3a0a3---22557237060.pdf
    • https://betentour.com/sites/default/files/file/mobowawojakoda.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=understanding+crime+in+canada+2nd+edition
    • 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_off0000f9ef.bin
c3e9d6f99f7b01f567378153ea2f9fa2a5e0712b7767886b0ea2d2c46152dc3f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9EF 16796 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012556.bin
775d67602a7f4150a074aa81322031ffe403faca820e92a6fbc6bc5ed3e54ca6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12556 10796 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013e0d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E0D 16792 bytes