Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2736493b43438f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 07:09:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: fab0a82e99dcdf2e6def0319beae5d4e SHA-1: d53842211a37398e990d79c48a00bdf51e439bd2 SHA-256: f2736493b43438f5a6ce4e845d82ef73bd627833b64159941f89d3ac7035e20d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF sample was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and exhibits characteristics of a link farm, directing users to multiple potentially compromised websites. The embedded JavaScript stream, though not fully detailed, likely facilitates the redirection to these external URLs. The presence of numerous links on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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=house+of+chains+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/80969605959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16073aa9025604---9921789376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakaryakasaplarodasi.org/userfiles/file/tafute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakuragiramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/25459537523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe3aa5112f---sutina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioneducation.ru/userfiles/file/lokajolinilogewukawoleli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/675939ec3e6292a82c078cd687747fc6/35781714876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/28502233332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2215902cedd3827b26f31aa1ca77782/37517982203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8866c026ed---vinomeket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b70ae54a297ebc151f3f69e8bd69e96/8943591679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810d907ac7d---91842253563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc02d5ad5f8297d21f10d2b7aae0db7a/pivopujojidaruligoligisid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608135d0a0761---woxotojanefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rijarozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-3/20210503170214563742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreams.cz/files/162759912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/1467239866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/siwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceccf6309c---35202947378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01b750f05ee7c48c5b0cc1d4d752ea3b/fenobelimowuzerivexegako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kmjf0qtmjqq2j4599i7rck63p0/79943735475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29393155908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/lorole.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_off0000c7fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7FE 17376 bytes
SHA-256: 60d24b3c0399790d2dbd2b417a3a88d65c353a7f9d15db2b3a9cea041fcd439c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f54d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF54D 10564 bytes
SHA-256: d6dc3b60c1d08aca35a12c48a7da1272bec8f91c6bc638dd996218dfb294917e
font_02_sfnt_off00010d4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1