Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1100e79a45f54137…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:17:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: f1e43b134e3378e25fff0be2de42efc2 SHA-1: d1ecdb51b22d9673f0df3840d537251984c3704e SHA-256: 1100e79a45f54137a10c11661ca64ecd28ee0e952d0e484590780ddc9eb14e51
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of a link farm within a PDF document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://nocenzura.space/web/img/podborky/files/89259995564.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e92fb98013---5175541935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac884960aed4b95b7c0dc4911b6b876d/rowuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zegabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/7226214165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2461e494b0c6d92c68789f841f1df402/58909470525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5543555c13---57783183298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089777557127---tibax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/lexurifidudikekiliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57eaec84e4---kuvixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalaviationmuseum.com/userfiles/files/paziwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a94b3f70d310c02586267dcbc5030550/rigokebozisulujuxanelis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b2b778a5d7b682da92be75d9e10e054/zakoretebibojolev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/72611189130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf4eb60e60---2843948645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c5b257b3afd77ed252f8d7fbdf0eb04/nifosukozakoresowaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-06-17/images/files/22803759068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweden2020reunion.com/clients/e/e2/e2375cbe45a1e08e95d3a39ca41e84e3/File/bujemotatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e4efa4688---18349034943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076600364ce1---nokifolapafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71loer0u00ir5ip4t7a8dmnf92/merorowurusizokolijuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecodiagnost.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vovasudobimopexagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/xiraxosotopugerejejed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16072cdfd51ff1---fowerofamagaselixuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tz5168.com/uploadfile/image/2021/05/17/file/20210517_200758_174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b87406a1b29---tesidefibadodabefej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+paramagneticPDF 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_off0000b8bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0D6 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 569569bad75326396e257b13bb53df756fa1b76c6d99af256c8dd09909d0f115
font_02_sfnt_off0000e907.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE907 16080 bytes
SHA-256: 9dff704807dd43bcd5c175a2145c49724e98c3e2389caa1fae62e648f4c98379