PDF malware analysis — malicious · 11e83f4ab1869c45

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:12:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20

MD5: 20e50b49c83a2b8d3ca98f7ed47c777e SHA-1: 2e1bcd07e25e6bee6c945733a8e75e95b948e9c0 SHA-256: 11e83f4ab1869c4568c1b9dbb082dedaa31f3fc3a4f47cfcb0e91f42a02e8cfa

164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document identified by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These links likely lead to further malicious content or phishing pages, aiming to trick users into downloading additional malware or divulging sensitive information. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly indicate a phishing or credential harvesting attempt.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 7

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.
Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON

Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
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://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d63be70767---22541688741.pdf In PDF document text
- https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/59686123596.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fd264bf151c1be592f267d3e85ad009/pijopuriladi.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c644823b567---66259462541.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/wetitipovu.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17ufiasttkeqfcggm4nk9pfaq5/pofivexudaxasezufo.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/48276761468.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6759c6362f863deba693fd5996484649/fevobuxunubivejepo.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/dositovakajaketupewos.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609472e17bd54---depefovepopukokizesiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a96fbf1d32c873d73c516e3f36817ad/noliraxenewuxebividotoli.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dab6f0790381748a4ca6eb982835d8d2/nerewepodosobumonovem.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a6a3775bd---46182914130.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/83722866245.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f354a901a085e32b436d2e7e183fe7d8/85071912497.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efee22c7050f36cdaf248f0a58acca7a/37604716608.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://zdravi-kromeriz.cz/files/file/xatefalog.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba92533152c---vudumavidenaxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://zevkotodoseme.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jojulagufafizadegemibotad.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://nage-z.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88584724703.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffef484f80---84697369124.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://baugeraeteverleih.de/benutzerdateien/15215574215.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b4u9gims0j2dtnmo35630bo32/13542282504.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093af6b6267e---katogebazurow.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beb95f93b9ab1978950478dd8e3a024f/vanejogojutujod.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6eb818799---61423568828.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea3f5caf80---sidanuvowewitol.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=creative+cloud+keeps+popping+upPDF 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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off0000f731.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF731	17804 bytes
SHA-256: `bb11390817fa79165436911ed70a4014082d93c6c9ecd935f406ec936762dc60`
`font_01_sfnt_off0001261c.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1261C	16792 bytes
SHA-256: `9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1`
`font_02_sfnt_off00013e33.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E33	10976 bytes
SHA-256: `89a52792910f10e3d16a04869616efcc526d22057fd71e3b2f460edbd737cdbe`

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.