Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f937566b914ad48e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-07-07 07:23:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 67dd49208fa7d53b5b1d70ae707f8c23 SHA-1: 19c2ea44d8dcc6a43c3cd90398fdfda7bf77c220 SHA-256: f937566b914ad48ee61b40a90dad7ba2a8ef04e23c8c9acc62fe82316b158842
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, functioning as a link farm. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=welcome+speech+for+chief+guest+in+english PDF link annotation
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f49dee50b---lozaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mrsp81ugq414rnkefifo4a6b2/84117769252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0371174535---gilezonifatuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/064c61e2d635ea89395c5a4268ba0c73/fixawuvasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba17dd222cb---5848625879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipiland.net/upload/file/69121269329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3cb88583ca---betolukonaxisar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086822ab40bf---75169018345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7eced6a96f1a220df67fb8000b7d8e0/16081673707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/xagogigogazujedaxetix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/kirabegaxosutirel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0edbda68ab1649637b6479022c18919/97204095143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/rigekemufusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/32018690513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/tawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a6cbff51e024c869935fa48fb9bd072/suzidotegupovefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a07010ed384c2bc611bc287ac753193/26100564904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/62482687447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/tigobutomozimobob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccmiennam.com/media/ftp/file/kakaparidumutiniferatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oryginalnedekoracje.pl/userfiles/file/jefosojuwelavawebubagig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caramelitos.sk/files/dunodux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83ks9asp01l46acpn6avpshsf7/19801350662.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_off00011346.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11346 17708 bytes
SHA-256: b773c0aaf27103b8443a77a7d83698f9292765278fd49fd8721d80c74ed9b249
font_01_sfnt_off00014156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14156 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001596d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1596D 10860 bytes
SHA-256: df2dc7762feff9eccf7053ac17ed1d5012f6498000bb7f08a227d0f1e7e25a7e