Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1248d458f1432a72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 02:09:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: b0c1d796c7a73e75863039c684ca422a SHA-1: 2ca51cce89872fc2bddf1f6a2a00c0a0fe305fb9 SHA-256: 1248d458f1432a7268c5e54786af5c1771fcb3f0f86c943941108a10c0c69cba
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=planeacion+estrategica+tactica+y+operativa+de+la+empresa+coca+cola PDF link annotation
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5e2fc6563f940d8e8d39d1c39e2bb44/18441856242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epos.nu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bakuvaruteronitib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d6396d73f---fotusasajigerojikid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dawnrotaryclub.tw/UserFiles/files/43449428660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ocei1lfedp8potg6h0jglkof86/18081885421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldaserwis.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85632602776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/7765736882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoutreach.net/clients/e/ea/ea4f28bd0b090870cbed8536b6d1d406/File/28740950164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca6803bdfcc---338646159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westpakusa.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/72800565300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcbcharpentebois.com/ressource/site-image/files/81587832446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/minapitevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/nitavidiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e314d60680d237bb19e65120ac3b12e/zujajepeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a78a0b1a739b1d69b2fdb2a4a0045153/wujenegugasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c39d9e5455---padalese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokozentrale.de/idata/33281753514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4a07ae50458360a839b3a99fcce8ba5/ponepofuwukemavonojenof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vgv5eeftmsc222op6i1ofvhb0/wizipiruwekanejazifimug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/powexetopidazuwezuvazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/56086138831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b5d9ea08e---63865513074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbddb3cd1d---vijapikozozategekinuje.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_off00014561.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14561 19876 bytes
SHA-256: bdc7335caebcf10a4ddf4136e0b387623f051a0cabe9be47c51d4476d1f9b8cc
font_01_sfnt_off000178b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x178B1 11036 bytes
SHA-256: e23e9e90089471d88d590340569db1ac4263a69215ea07d4c37861d350cd38c2
font_02_sfnt_off0001923b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1923B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1