Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f596202d5dbec4aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-30 16:19:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: ca8227a23ebd9c68f29e06b2049f61d2 SHA-1: 967c22e20a67fcd1d4283dbd5f37f60d3d221fbe SHA-256: f596202d5dbec4aafc0c2b122e46a6ee8a789890900cdc64953956ffca7a21ea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a tactic to obscure the true malicious destination by using link farms and compromised legitimate sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+honeywell+thermostat+password PDF link annotation
    • http://irvinenott.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/warimegebomixiruwirufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazdedziecko.pl/_files/Media/file/vevuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qlionshousing.ca/userfiles/file/32103510088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dataction.org/demo/dataction/media/mononajeniduraboromepizaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topup-fight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/korejoluwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/696ksfrgir5abb4vsi2hf034gc/38907516596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ugnphe2vg3k882o9cvqcg69saj/fitesaforib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6ec5fb24589b703575bca51983711c6/40605592259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086058c15f27---zedatodarevuxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umrllc.com/userfiles/files/selenijofuzajefemupat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b23e25cfe5---36383347717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b85e19cc7---jipixewejafebovasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/35102379331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ded23c78825e07939db199822aacd8a/34310835145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29688eda72322c582cff58ffbd58531f/wodukifelivonulumuwisumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85dcb27fbf1855548628335357185e84/66634168086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3c5c6895b---mojumuzibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/10703327413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkercombsfamilyreunion.com/clients/d/df/dfd517ab040340b2551da60fba195f5f/File/rogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8e7b4c93165de3dba464ade0f16dcdf/nivizidisapupikos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/zizadijidijetutibaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b9b26f70a---tefelozunupuxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encoregallery.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9352ac7734669d20d1dc7fe35ee4f8f/sefidexinalitexaxosewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3drm.bg/uploads/pictures/files/kofukogofajubajawiroze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b969d3a5b3f---polupabemagiwanif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/medujekazasifimuvamutaz.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_off0000f38c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF38C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ba3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA3 11060 bytes
SHA-256: a17095b774b10a3a384c4d4625d15d2d1d2cc21b4f4d67cb2e8fe0819b591ead
font_02_sfnt_off00012510.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12510 16956 bytes
SHA-256: 772ba68537b4f6b0130c70e7b1bd47393fe690dcba639facb9718f271b631c5b

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