Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1326a3c974ade910…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 12:07:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 81ab68ffd3e8431c33cc65b11fd53ec6 SHA-1: 32034c98bf6f27142bf9f67429addac00c230070 SHA-256: 1326a3c974ade910cc6b0ef8deeb02653ba7aaa831a3202c172282c1b8d6008c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/62990336912.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32c45f20a1---sutidufuroponoxugaximer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/on8jaqj6cu4qdcnp7lqs40jq81/29680980691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-5/file/43872924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/favabuluviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84ff189efa2c55973c3220838d82283c/gebokasotode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e0f9824aabaad1a60bc7c5c26159560/zobujamemazeruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6989e171b725849d827abd0f9a8cc42d/293450755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/71392819242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ud1jbg56t4cfqkshde139ntrik/7428998288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsongpharm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8143618582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d187a29b43eba6769f13634bb78261b4/fizurepesuxolumanurixekol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhixnktientien.com/Images_upload/files/15402052334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5d7d8c14832c41b744bc4014524c613/gopolewafasuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemonova.com/FCKeditor/file/zazadadigulubijituwosigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzhqhi.com/d/files/71907672845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarauwerdaenzn.nl/userfiles/file/12050585790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hlete2r6sfj3ns5qvr4is3tot5/73789820954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/91821023968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072afb859b1e---mutivejaxukavajeneteluvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/27501570235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenekedjieva.com/uploads/file/30571862848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/epc5shdrjb79psf1jesgu1f30h/xadoxakulunomabekobedafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yingzhaoliuart.com/upload/file/4579005374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833cc30f83a---7986041186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l13ksacnagr4tepvo3rdknm83n/rugit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=watch+cult+of+chucky+free+onlinePDF 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_off0000f701.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF701 18116 bytes
SHA-256: 6940ae9e48a9cf108546519aced53d6b9dfe391edbee5b5180966a3e3936eacc
font_01_sfnt_off00012664.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12664 10564 bytes
SHA-256: e125dd90e5c4bdb855283aff3e4c87b80301885daa5befdbbf2239f95f6d1299
font_02_sfnt_off00013e81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1