Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f319b4a5d8bd96ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-23 09:17:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 34dbc5ed70dca7066381bbadd7407750 SHA-1: 66b2d7f5889b672827da04baea32d79d5e8f7c34 SHA-256: f319b4a5d8bd96ca50582899fc891698e5567b26878f69eb42a44440eab5b2db
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous external URIs and link farm heuristics confirms the document's primary function is to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/734d6e50d53a49088e85729cf4a114c4/luregigemufevozedorudek.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://siahotel.com/userfiles/files/10966350415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096415d3a228---tuboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekoblickfang.de/userfiles/file/pipukixinobevomogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca9426b104---takazatimunejuwopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe80d26055---xapegepefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b897048bb77---37564969672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52467777e7c8fd34dda9adbcd425545d/50006824703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f032db0946---zefijewepelamoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zaragozadenoche.es/upload/files/80314389769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01cf337c3de94b70c16c683bd51719bb/lawekomunutefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/31255871377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03c92bbe36---jatesusenifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ooexperience.be/assets/Image//files/53292734565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e776d62870---fusivikevilabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glotecgh.com/upload/editor/file/98375727424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jahanchart.ir/data/files/file/14768186404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/rikowebibawasefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgrids.com/userfiles/file/fofowez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076248e889ca---26265986395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/380ede4cf2802201270a4cd68c7329e7/44308313880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8cf453089465e8ba44a743fe1819986/todopipezoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=the+drilling+manualPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f45b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF45B 10372 bytes
SHA-256: 2d681d450a96af20728a11ec3bdd30e7719c707591c7f16fa62f2f1a4643d0e9
font_01_sfnt_off00010b41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B41 17056 bytes
SHA-256: 5a868fdd398f0d39c95fdab6ad45014b3dbe92a7494beee85449a518a28d62e9
font_02_sfnt_off000137a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1