Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01897585bb27132d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 00:56:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5676b3e4bca344755d04fd594b7932d3 SHA-1: ecb08e136b831703b682cdf66094490eb92abef1 SHA-256: 01897585bb27132d3d5dc0a7cbaead1d5ff3ef8f18972b239a8e30223caff23b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or use disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing infrastructure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious documents designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ijmscr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tugebozumufupixon.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bigredclassof1960.com/clients/879476/File/31327812346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m4fn5ui15k69fbjboqbu85ig12/tarena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/kozawumuwinoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59e645b3814b1194850e56c0e4613110/11666570276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/binebakukasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52164380659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamwork-poetschke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mizoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761735dea0e---zivozamaxelal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08338a71bbc1b85eaea1ff2ceb03759b/jubudadoxulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f434aee5e1---sujol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32dd3354661ee2fd80d05a7ea703eb65/bizelogojafelipelotib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/depumesodidorexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/211410de462bfe381bc2de8cfb1ee932/lijisafazomejigurisekab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents//files/kalizamuwekuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d3a9ae353858abbeb8b74820ac62122/82359800274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfd8c49ed2---80497439041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1971ecdba833fa2c6b4174b6f58baff0/gofagizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a2df18746---jiwozutuvimalametiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b0fb85e98---42665233873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f6e6f0cae---36880487267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraigarlandshop.com/userfiles/file/xomekagupokowum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/ralirugalavakupime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitapiti.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12087055994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=fifty+shades+movie+release+datePDF 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_off0001042a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1042A 10672 bytes
SHA-256: f2d71d3152aab5dbf5234db8f84f561c7d76386f47f2cafadcf02a57daf42d35
font_01_sfnt_off00011ca5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA5 18864 bytes
SHA-256: 35ac53ae1b6cd1dd9b6f927a02145618348fbf2e37a4ba9785aab9895286ee8a
font_02_sfnt_off00014e13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1