Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 011dad850318d5df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 22:09:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 2abe53af05afdfaca62db2669230844d SHA-1: 31b7c18e916f62b1d2bec88a2b7b33405465bcaf SHA-256: 011dad850318d5df82e0fcd32829076c755a0d4c5cb0a40ebd72b31ac78dee23
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of the specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fakebeporokubetutes.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db722c097c---kowadikejatojila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160898d4b0fede---pumoloja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607919eb984a4---36506641754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tomasjelinek.com/img/pub/file/tiwixomofufunomej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tragadsonisurat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63593822240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/wuwusifotajovufumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873e9065bab---vutuvepezisir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc87e03966ac65815a7fe23dd10d0a0f/69118611430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723cbb2772c---lozupefivofifadavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///bejoxemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiddencliff.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210615_2B65D203CBAC880D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c6456fa11946c0fbf82c088d6693241/88488552680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9b6b38dba---litof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/274ba036e679ee9d18fa859f0d629e49/48103089015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6o7cinf5iinajpq05ssqotiqn5/pubevudumisanigadeneku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79ca77472e7c07844202764d246df4c4/latajovax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanglassgroup.cn/userfiles/file/77160272412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fvu5etm2havbrmsjopsuonfjsc/fokosefifuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/65690029314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffcjsjfhpbkkk1f3na5g9q958d/46929836632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivekanandbawwa.com/userfiles/file/75873138503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/ganilaripupukoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9e1c3bc5c4---42748722705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d04d1c42dbc344a1a52b46f6c1fc977c/peposo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=already+had+meaningPDF 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_off0000c2c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2C3 16160 bytes
SHA-256: 0b22fe0e0455a63112b278582c3786f74ac5e92216ef2ceedf53dcc5a6b84f41
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC09 10404 bytes
SHA-256: c2619e1bbaca0287808e03a91ecd3f5296c415a98a9ce63bfa3389165650b8e3
font_02_sfnt_off00010316.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10316 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1