Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1f506aee0a26a98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

145.6 KB Created: 2021-08-20 14:45:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: da67bc91dd2af6c8c2a7ed2e42e90ee8 SHA-1: 9511256c4458951ec869692ce2ba0da32e25878f SHA-256: f1f506aee0a26a9853b20899922ede0927f69dc2a67324bf2a3f4dabe0d1e35e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging JavaScript for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9756

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+netflix+error+ui-800-3+mean
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740c79cd89c---98852629707.pdf
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g779oirui9705lraunbopboqtg/22964093851.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823272cf2e3---11118534985.pdf
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7a62c2139---98040420207.pdf
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48be26e11aeb3cfc256b13afef6852c6/joboweka.pdf
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/70437748190.pdf
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25d0037c5a3e8dfcac32e988b9142170/pivodoserugepor.pdf
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/wozizigemovufonaxetetila.pdf
    • http://curtisfamilyfun.net/clients/e/e0/e02f67ab5b6879a7eb6c21a3163f7106/File/60657548142.pdf
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fccf6c967f0---pamigutarofesuw.pdf
    • https://martabaktelor.com/contents//files/19412390666.pdf
    • https://uleshuzatabc.hu/files/file/duposabojimim.pdf
    • http://hrjok.com/uploadfile/file/vituragaxabomazux.pdf
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/sunijite.pdf
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/umht5p1bk0h04csoiil1d692ka/dunajib.pdf
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/kozexogobe.pdf
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/1285434928.pdf
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64f65e9c35---kagolufu.pdf
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sktk8u7uum23gvjc65g8nmf413/66969847699.pdf
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/78865195263.pdf
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2428baa8d---91522136447.pdf
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f39ues6i45j5sg5qkne8ad3liq/17206873617.pdf
    • http://kuhomania.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/litugonozutoxesib.pdf
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae5ecd2f2132bc887110399dda8a2453/pifejixos.pdf
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_006_off0001ffd5.bin
3b06fc243af77c9eea40861c78c96f49ae23189765e0ed2e233956ebb44bd519
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1FFD5 31928 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0001a0c9.bin
9305d3d3085b3f3ac011c1bbe10e92709b267fc4ca82bfe80e6564d6b6cf7f2e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A0C9 11352 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001bb65.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BB65 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001d377.bin
59e8d42ca60ad6679c88c7b93527eb05c54ee86094942e0f203d27a24714e830
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D377 16988 bytes