Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1152a6e8c1b60203…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:46:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 7df1526405e0cd809292ef51dfffd87f SHA-1: 2a74d72fb1acbc966500bbd3071a63df0f1443ef SHA-256: 1152a6e8c1b60203f1df9a2178a63be4132d9efa11ddb17622f6657fe7b60273
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, specifically targeting WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests it's designed to host or link to further malicious content, likely a phishing lure or malware dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/zopoka.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/tupurofevilegakurugujube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7e42d4be1---nunegutasijilotuzaxezenez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d95ee765f3---93113246350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798f02407b3---pofaxewosibisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608424116cc6c---715009472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/sudibowukikajegalarun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i4o2p8kqu0vq4k0pqpvh57u8ie/31814230548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/lunakud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c52e76df88---kiwofiturilageganaxiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/87089518663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/86609793682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/745ddf7de28a4702f679e2a03f55560f/94029280744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/jaleja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p5fjikkujb65lsld2mctp5vv1l/61942221403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/pitoriguponadupivuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/894d368018e2ebb1fadb2f1570b10734/vivipepeterexotuwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/bobitubunikozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099308c0c7d8---pugekukuwizuwazusunubepux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9kjj1b4kn8e2jii1qbct3sa6k6/lilawaxakosupugipobag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasairamenbar.com/uploads/files/94573587144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/50707299615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbcbf0c0449d120ea09c833857be98ae/welatosaguzisekikam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/zijuwabaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/jasowetabetolam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=quantum+physics+and+free+willPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f193.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF193 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 5a8cae40713ee4f01a532477fa387e5a3ec2208d0dc1c89928cbfdb544c50915
font_01_sfnt_off00010b80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B80 16168 bytes
SHA-256: 1cfb00680a8a18ef5d5af493cc5b57cfe410abeba37087ee2ecd799c98b61e68
font_02_sfnt_off00012118.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12118 17980 bytes
SHA-256: 9cd4d4cbaf233fd53e7c20bb286fef8a9857c53037c95b01d19722ec1a1a01f1
font_03_sfnt_off00015065.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15065 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1