Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1d5269d0c7de554…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:11:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: c94a9e7bbe296359ab10a0d15e0ea649 SHA-1: 99600b6c56346f40dea7f52cb4ba79f6dc686d78 SHA-256: f1d5269d0c7de5549bb260a32321c4e5e39cff621f9ea4e13004d40ce548175d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The file functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous compromised websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or utilize WordPress upload vulnerabilities. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+play+better+golf+today PDF link annotation
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfcc36k9en5td4bcbsa7nqk2md/womemalotopegazarezat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a693a458b317405c6feab099a5af1ea/jemalijetujakaxefatoripaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e226c4vdai5ishcpat0smsuql6/57017027818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160866d8a1266b---wagakidopijaniril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e79882c5406346c41fceaed86eaac85/maguragulugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64kdslq4qdjqq6oj05qddsnteg/6105365404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/18168477142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0ff621aec---wisoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c16581b1df90c290d612cb0057b5c7c/jiraxalevorijorizudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/jufederu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/rutewabafijogawafusiwuvuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fcfc7812c---27153511050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609faecf63bac---19286526640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c309d101e---zosagakawowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ccb8a03c87---komabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f21555ea68---liwuzim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akita-inu.lv/www/files/files/dukexuxolexilalan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d04e43da0d7703d9bc981b86fc1be028/desafawisevovipumadudipex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23798e008e49274568fe25d1a49628c8/mijelolaxibalom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://be-now.pl/userfiles/file/sulekema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxerdapolenta.com/cmsimple/images/file/rapofoxifitevemakepitun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086768fc1da2---wemilaxunitofisekak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunglam.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/zisisimipamijonadodagubam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sackuaipg2p3hhlkbvd6r7i21j/6950042759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/48050546256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021050106431366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ea57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA57 16880 bytes
SHA-256: b515f4fcb7b3ea090d2e420b348ba2c1bc5feeada4aa5086c0f4c3745ba6e8f4
font_01_sfnt_off0001162d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1162D 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 93dee0d29b4817d730045f137168c91355b1f82ff0d0e255b727c8299a808810
font_02_sfnt_off00012e4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1