Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1ca1b8adbe7c417…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.7 KB Created: 2021-08-20 22:29:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: b60747b0598dd1eb3b8554ec55236e54 SHA-1: f8608bfaed38fca8ab9cb605c0a67f6585194af1 SHA-256: f1ca1b8adbe7c417f7ab49983fd6020dde06bf3fb67a27069b9edd5e4938d231
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to other PDFs hosted on compromised websites. The presence of a 'Download Now' lure further suggests a malicious workflow designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hc97ehvbneogvmcek7797iqgm2/bapewusid.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mindentudor.hu/userfiles/file/44808287765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cephedanismani.com/images/pages/file/22045363324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa35966894d---66257755408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/91357449547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ea9a99598---domibezopibezabevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c59d87521212a0ca45377c09389cbac7/faxebalubanem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fairtradeportal.pl/userfiles/file/vefuguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9221hjes1rov6ftoumhev78tjc/nuwetatalanozitotes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/rezumidupadetuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704a9ef06b2---sidusek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c16d493037---23951348496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csim.jp/ckeditor/uploads/files/72427265872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5db0ea6ad817e694cafa8985f14024b/73397785143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarmy-kamery24.pl/userfiles/file/widew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciabergua.com/userfiles/files/7496738973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a314d18c0da---winubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6caa6566eb---jitogonusawenudisadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c5a226b7d---bulitozajiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ms08oi17f80s7emggvoqhdoipk/rurupuforozobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamaconsultores.cl/upload/file/jokumokirigomegevenapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brucemsmithlaw.com/clients/e/e2/e252bfde01ef004f685a9648d307a4b9/File/pekopozikatovivolimodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/zuzeludilodaviros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/82335968239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=modern+microeconomics+by+hl+ahuja+pdf+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010f4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F4F 11352 bytes
SHA-256: 6ac02cd70dc816f80446a55d3104661e2bf7c0d79535ef2852c482b1c0fd0e82
font_01_sfnt_off0001299c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1299C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000141ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141AE 17348 bytes
SHA-256: 3db6bddce9eb8128a455face60952e34fb3a0bfd2bb7f74f39e9abe834636f25
font_03_sfnt_off00016edd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16EDD 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd