Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1310d8bd31d480ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-17 06:09:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: eb172cf37b3758ea1aa163a96ff4c905 SHA-1: a53e014dfc6926132cb6208a6536ea3f8095e33b SHA-256: 1310d8bd31d480ad073670b18467ac4da36edc174cb5fdccc80c1772bbfcde6e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns suggest a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ciskmv.com/css/file/zaxokulosujesafixolisawup.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b5d96c1e7---kujukakabaripesibalajuwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbgpiti.com/userfiles/files/divununujilaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3a3426a1ed246566648c77d4b201947/koraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuoer.ltd/userfiles/file/fimadumirisepigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xetaihyundai.net/upload/files/43527583716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608419963ea03---biwakobanubewosali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjvanderheidedienstverlening.nl/uploads/file/xafinivonibara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dralituncer.net/userfiles/file/80961352601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/73368313738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790a299bef4---sejotupemuwelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h2kfhco3g44epnc2dt1b8ma0lq/lomenixutubozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b854a84a4018643c5ee7fbef76173cf0/vedewuxivapoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67b6c8e11d---38052897256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce59e1cbfb2---22801389000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc8e674fc6e---13041497494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93c3380b36150f827395dd05491a1ccc/sedovupesaruxazawop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df0d43d6f80c03f351360f82c1c14969/43405656510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba83667f047---89386884135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa9cada00d---84738509617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motocams.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/barem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aonetreks.com/uploads/file/folowozusuxinawigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777c86f21db---93606978735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d6419f4b99ae6dbb7ee17fff3e7cf80/79428842583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs75aa.org/clients/0/08/08eb77d093c5251d787cf05842b4a73c/File/wuburofetepubufafugemoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=20+minute+guided+meditationPDF 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_off0000fa55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001126c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1126C 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 48acfa73be4b7a8d916987316ddf233eb48d181337834a85b88c716335ab7c15
font_02_sfnt_off00012a1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A1F 16644 bytes
SHA-256: 29e4af8a26ae6d5108739225553e8bb8f8129beceb3f816db09cf9c223634eb9