Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7258be53af9501b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 19:52:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a9ecba8e20fd673dc4f4a0806a5348ae SHA-1: d47d10153ea0620f4e739affbe452ee2e09ef859 SHA-256: f7258be53af9501bd1d195949438c448fb92ce57ec0b9b1f9dfdcff5c53e3810
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised or disposable domains, a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm suggests it is designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://uticachemical.com/files/upload/files/xifowefozivexudexetiwi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ca47a4703---malerasoberipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spielundlicht.de/content_provider/documents/files/24100245092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adikkeempat.com/contents/files/nunitulawis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a13fc62cee---31986261943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roomyab.ir/basefile/roomyabir/files/rulufesitexivafarab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominant.name/userfiles/file/jalimupisesabopezujuxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enilubricant.hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/melopunubakupivimepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9q4dlolrkjvjls4oc99k2jtra5/36675390462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchkar.com/ci/userfiles/files/88736612037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parlagame.net/calisma2/files/uploads/14903520505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613410de2646c---12491617706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoservice.cz/upload/file/41551452657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czyxchem.com/upload/files/weruzimabimegezijawibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rakkhunnursinghome.com/user_img/files/vadudigupujavawifajaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netisiletisim.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/puvumebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayinntorino.com/userfiles/files/69849709832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mustwalge.ee/data/content/files/wobomolisidipojeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137c575b145e---zefujinutodamelobej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramvetro.net/userfiles/file/55619428295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwesp.biz/upload/file/9754907355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pvcmikser.com/upload/files/netozatil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/31502697324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/89583591228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gabrielamaciel.net/images/content/file/9213371409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=kinesthetic+learners+learn+best+byPDF 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_off0000ddbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDBD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5CF 17444 bytes
SHA-256: 98a69f7e6e98d120534e7ecca4fc0db468df955f33c0720dbf14807da95e617c
font_02_sfnt_off00012300.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12300 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 5e8da86e7b052aa5e3eff95c601c6b219dbe74d6ec8f34f09481c13d62576603