Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1e92fa4c61f00ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:31:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: acaacce2ca89ce52c74a2b131672e29b SHA-1: c8cc9ada4888eec620e73bab21ab50bd0f2a211f SHA-256: f1e92fa4c61f00ac5713e5959f90012b2fbef66fd021e148851fd194dd25e4d2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=on+what+days+are+flights+the+cheapest PDF link annotation
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b145628ae6975b4c0582474c5d0adef/mimimirefufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a9ed4fe64---46480394934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/toturowigojepokis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080654907c7c---kuburotopotepimufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/birasiluzor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210508104143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eb357d5415ec2e4e1cbe57fc2a8abbf/lopukijuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf82d96f29c---49802980331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psoik1ah51ps3eegqgt5d98eg3/22007701927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03q51m0e898k588rl2vcmsr5oa/lorexojovujirox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/dapaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/69020628899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24048cb9973c9dc02bc6b32f5e8f396a/dudevifajifitewowotaketa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kc316n406vpu9ggt3lcumcp2o6/84454029179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bladmedyczny24.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e8dc351d67cfec36e9c6b25540dcf36/31422778892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/902af893b8d40e7efbaacdb02fe0dc32/tajozesijizozonofedupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3228ca3160342958ee59c62c8fa9cbc1/33532540422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b90a9df9dd---dikivomotog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/zoruzavavavigupikenis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/82964225075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d5fb79271---13021592561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acad8a71b69---towilarimunoxisunit.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_off0000e7c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C5 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 2305cc017b590633ce6b97cf9990f2af4343426ea2cc239aa505c874e61a6644
font_01_sfnt_off00010136.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10136 17376 bytes
SHA-256: 4a48e71a872e99df150811e1ca738d1893daf06888c3fcb12664000e91bf8f41
font_02_sfnt_off00012e79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1