Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1031d9004ebd02df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 13:58:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 6a3dd4a49bad0b4260e9535856945849 SHA-1: 0701eeb537f98296898e7cc12f9f75ff8535f550 SHA-256: 1031d9004ebd02df831af59dbe3e60f1f3ba9cd21f1721e49829c8028b88fe6f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common PDF-based lure.

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=an+infestation+of+lice PDF link annotation
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tr1fa941iqvnjf78osjj246prv/xozubilifofosewupidusaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kund-in.com/userfiles/file/fabusimoxojix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b581f26d097a30ae8ffbc60c1c787d8/fipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ithaca1966.com/clients/8/85/85e9e0a76fddb83d7689cebc6ab07fae/File/nisasiwofifevadij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/wivugolawegeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/agbb2q55nh8tcc65eocdcpcanb/vulavirixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4efcc9d2b432814fc0f03d9a05570c5/24414949439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/31276731869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fbb8f563c8---27134629279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/302rvu0ujpssclqfogd9uo3ms0/mafulorudaposomodifabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arzhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/mekemixivufemusotukakite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/siqiabv0mvrherm07lirn4kjgl/gadonoxubozudakexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070418055204---derabij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d610717dec---sufosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/58095706530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/69271951671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846e29c48e3---zemivix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3c5e2fa0a---sazokazos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fea25823dbf92396a99c772f8f5914c/kixejulobupesod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1kbdo8u42skb4o7dgs7o4mna63/nevitewoletojesovikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8a9754a6d---xovoximuwivobikuvalexiraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75799680463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6b67085c7---memewisedubada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/guwogonukuvajala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msamericapageant.com/clients/873634/File/sibubiwuxapetunivixew.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_off0000f52b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF52B 10208 bytes
SHA-256: a2a3dc95274e2071767dcc7d352f8b4d61847f438353747c2915673bb1c9bc94
font_01_sfnt_off00010c3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C3F 16836 bytes
SHA-256: bf1f0468e650b3e04577954e715db7817a56a19f5642a1077bc82be9a59dc47e
font_02_sfnt_off00013836.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13836 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1