Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f330124361d5ec73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:48:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 6b569743850c7727620202ba318f9f9c SHA-1: 6e0b98ae518d518e6ee2277306b3e31fa7afbb76 SHA-256: f330124361d5ec7327360ee6d8cf13fba5118227ba09b43c819079be32c55920
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. These links likely serve as lures for phishing or to distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dialect+and+idiolect PDF link annotation
    • https://lexcochoralsoc.org/demo/lccs/beta/userfiles/files/sagibexig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/rodox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7f49db2c7---widiwotowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/488ffb930bc0921d0eb2912740551f7d/2931730140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/sozoxajolifulavumepubisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myupfield.link/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bblfbo72e3ub034fja78gdha4/63364104736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609052243b423---50098795905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/zigiturawukarigexop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9cf16f38f7---duwemar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc08b05471---jelarovaxawiwajupipozurib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyosangjo.com/userfiles/file/20210629115314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa0516cdeb---bopuravofero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986f62e8ad5---vonovutovilafutetolozobez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasystemofkarate.com/clients/861259/File/wuzefuxazifaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be768b8b70e---26921386292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/309b9ea1ab452b6cd89e8db4cd296012/mowisavipikow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad88379c3f9---69753291470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e26a5be309---15224404757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/netotevosowowe.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_off0000f1a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1A8 10096 bytes
SHA-256: 650ee7601e369a87dedb0ac14a9cf85c42da9987b0f546f61b4e33a7567610c6
font_01_sfnt_off00010839.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10839 18396 bytes
SHA-256: 075d8f32b66232f8c7d288d4d50a6005e731e6b238f05e78ddb0a390f60bd1e9
font_02_sfnt_off0001383a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1383A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1