Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3bc81c61c8f1502…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-20 13:51:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0fec283695e89f49e3d1b9407c8f9402 SHA-1: 4739dbca80c222d35b5f2f949e332a52372f1eaa SHA-256: f3bc81c61c8f1502915d340b58fee80a065791438e674a0ba23ad1242d1742d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as a distribution mechanism for further malicious content, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

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://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f786e2d85---divogapimude.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b7ec22d92---72018696287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yummyschool.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/nonobaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5bdef481b4---duzanib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ik53bsh5s2u8etnpog1k74l1o2/vefipezonigotiris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fc2d3d1bfdf4b20755d16001e74e033/gafapuxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d2bd3dcd4---75520726692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/ridumidowovowekemedemor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/nomak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdravi-kromeriz.cz/files/file/gebuxotiwupitunuxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemenyseprosiklos.hu/upload/file/fatuxojuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e822228fa---14269208308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/vapefikekiwebitumomefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/rumugumiwolobuzotazit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/19819148654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aa4523c41fc558f5dc7123870c09668/31153233175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c951a9386c---lexomafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fd-health.com/upload/ckeditor/files/lewemerarumukoburozozibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/68834582285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/sojamerirujurisolawifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-life.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786832cc2c0---83770882751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simondaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tonojemuwugazuxuzipizov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a22343ff7b124419ab58ac6a588baa9/72825717531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c317b98dfd9---xejokewoketidowetorigiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed906ac7ba6---79194702425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=a+glass+of+wine+a+dayPDF 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_off0000f677.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF677 10512 bytes
SHA-256: de0b4caafd41acea7126b3f185e31f7475e655a871c167bbbd931ec23f325210
font_01_sfnt_off00010e5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012670.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12670 17164 bytes
SHA-256: c92447d5104adf236e93d42d79c8101a6c3c65383ef54ded5ad03ca92fbae21c