Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1370b1c42f935eaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-14 04:05:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 851b07967a4bd1d5a91bc81b1421e47f SHA-1: b821a5419d05b9bbe29741b9c377ddfbdd645ff5 SHA-256: 1370b1c42f935eaff635cdee88d08afbf19ea008316395442ca6daf6315b5bfa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The document contains a large number of links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for obfuscation or execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 https://glaze-metalart.com/upload/files/tebujotinoruka.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc48cc59bd---godiwugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb4e5fee777---49039128821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://incoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xesexisemaraxafawot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dt1hd9h2m90kl18apou8389d4/fetenaxijokobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3325be99f15161f6400b97c42d0ef37e/94583423939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurier48.pl/files/userfiles/file/44700973631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a5982b914d---natakofofiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d77402151---24899208006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c34a4c375cd14ec7d62b86e41a163d28/73231399833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e55f8faac2f---bumasizuzowexina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd7b99587e9361e52e4b30321e49a9cf/75104341969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0f10c0984aad1cf6cb7b803c84060ba/lusepezolelabufubikelag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b70e1f578dc---pavibikalafanogizot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a09c6c0702089ffb91a709f67ea33cd8/56557804272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e27354df29---xiduzufufowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/apbtfl751pber037ffl9ege1o5/42399278839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/muvanolelasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/navefozojivuridukofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bleikss.com/userfiles/file/ratevubile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088dd2cf0143---vowujuzaxudanuzutimegaxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba0f9421239---folixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bg9r9nprbfqpp177lq9qctmfr2/56170912316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edd4b977f5c---28763196804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8bc5516ee3---87253495385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/pinirowezijizedupus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=best+comedy+memes+tamilPDF 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_off0000e9dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101F3 10496 bytes
SHA-256: fa65fb992962c4709b118d5df2084c9ff0a0c1e77fe17133571f24ac0661700a
font_02_sfnt_off000119ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119EA 16796 bytes
SHA-256: 37a549fd12bae79fcdab5ea365c01132735bb9d40467d6846ea25b21492b6a25