Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1fdaf1171241ca2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-07-07 16:47:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5466332202b4497cff0639392124cc8b SHA-1: 96c64face917a1a58d5bd8467f159370591dadf9 SHA-256: f1fdaf1171241ca29aa49f047d5f2aba06df41e2a5ea27178fff8c5f431aed87
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites that appear to be compromised CMS uploads, indicated by heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=network+security+and+management+pdf
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aadcc257b84691484a2c87d9859c30d6/vozuwubavabovipikigux.pdf
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0fc9dccc3---pefakibireje.pdf
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/51815986153.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e7d6768dc5---1713197660.pdf
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/nefoj.pdf
    • http://biodent.ro/m4fm_files/m4news/ck-uploads-files/11428148839.pdf
    • http://stepasidemedical.com/images/uploads/file/wukelovidumedovev.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cba162bd5f---jobegokurewarif.pdf
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f727b96024---21241357674.pdf
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51add9d9425da920cf3be5e7a558f076/34421204780.pdf
    • http://massageindex.nl/images/uploads/falumus.pdf
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e353c1d4574adc0f89fa87d1af80bf2/mibosozo.pdf
    • http://npxbyy.com/wang3_3_10_27/Upload/Upload/file/20216181827412962.pdf
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e59nohvs70tu504mqf8mn244bs/wufijapubewutimezumalap.pdf
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb566a7538---82741196344.pdf
    • http://aroma-es.site/yamituki-n/uploads/files/lojomiw.pdf
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/9393681832.pdf
    • http://partnerplus30.ru/images/fornews/files/xofajuta.pdf
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e0f6b64a3f8cd5715833f086060425f/jefomedugijomebene.pdf
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/roboginumotixuxuxafewegog.pdf
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lobasgglgpnpr3b3v993qgve6p/belipowugakerax.pdf
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb99a8e29d---40778593823.pdf
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac6130f2bd4f0a0f5de634d68c34a1ff/bejoleravesi.pdf
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/lidonisajepuretovilap.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f9b8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9B8 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000111ca.bin
e412eb7717ab6d853150c531871ef570894edc1115f6539441746114077066da
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111CA 17848 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000140f3.bin
9ad4f8043ed1c5aef3519bf53f0716b9682c891dd684fea4f78bcda3f9196257
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140F3 11284 bytes