Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f573fec4c43d1ffe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-07-27 00:49:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5b02c586b2ba6441b2b8936f32e9df9f SHA-1: 2c8dcf1a44683d1b337571acbab09d079a16ec96 SHA-256: f573fec4c43d1ffee7782ea568306e6322936147260f2ff2a20ab6ec7c244f70
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and potentially malicious PDF files hosted on disposable domains. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing attacks, likely delivered via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac020615f58b222ff4209850894adc64/mijufoguzeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beijinghuojia.cn/userfiles/file/29303685116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunarfactory.com/userfiles/files/ladixigararovoluzozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajhq9k0qjs0tto75v8mdnd1mc1/7803534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orrizon.ru/images/file/vadelovosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/78009478432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/sewobun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9dd807c8849fa90bb34eb2965257d3a/33950367882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kqopfk5lr3d49um79nrmh50j91/26579812628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phannhan.vn/files/usersfiles/files/5751470125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce46f2cccd1bd74ac764be6a9632eb06/45278834370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce5a82ddeea---gukuzatotujimetodejawetes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/pewofupuvikuxifatikif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a53092ed3eb---62440856319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelletier-tp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91860998376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5sf750kes2uq9lemn4f1t2285/jekoforosumixovuvanular.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benly-carson.com/product/files/43704393371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/91823123754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa95ad796a---65753169514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86ff299d1307b2587c741e531da3a054/91983105680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartamentosalbatros.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607759cf3b18f---nibuduposujejodakunutafir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abbc1b1b767---64245797616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12521690420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+minecraft+pe+on+iosPDF 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_off00010724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10724 10852 bytes
SHA-256: c67fe4413d658ca66ef482df1cc303bb80f0cab1c9125c7718fd6d709577f584
font_01_sfnt_off0001203b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1203B 17964 bytes
SHA-256: 72d9abfe98e32da7998610497fe0cf1d16898e3d433ef3109ef22061379f3e78
font_02_sfnt_off00015007.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15007 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1