Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 143cbf185b2be2b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:49:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 24a9abf1feb759e551c7effc97f8ea0c SHA-1: c0901b0789acc6723b08eed3f7b5252fd0685411 SHA-256: 143cbf185b2be2b14d87f839478dc0ef321ee6d30fdb7197a464a6728c32815b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing lures that aim to trick users into downloading further malicious content, potentially disguised as a PDF reader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/xixefapewusalifuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/86296349251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5ee81238ea48cb6db1c2ef96443c01a/13893860585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a354fd34368---80539148342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/6662121421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/22486770121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02233d95ebd8b71339f49906079592da/75525583246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/47038087205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emons-verlag.net/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/savipojulosiguwuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysilo.com/upload/ckfinder/files/natojebapojodofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948a0f12d33---20388565757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50982c50860a2a282853abe36a7f3ffd/29188978374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/phho2a4qog0e3tr1082k6o3gds/feradovajemapoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de31492cb2---9617949303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a187aff3d---5852083050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c800a9f95f---92030150108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc889ac6b04---9509509254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/xaritotufegepelubixifefir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wirheiraten.de/images/file/bizixijumasinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifadaxelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cape-electronics.com/media/file/30910661968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/zuzemonafeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michelschuurmans.nl/images/uploads/file/kosogebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfacgroupe.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/gutivenutifiwazarigobojel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+reader+portable+windows+xpPDF 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_off0000ec2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC2B 17780 bytes
SHA-256: fa1edbae0f3b9071e83d5bf0b7eb279f51b238657f2f968a13552aca7f1820e5
font_01_sfnt_off00011a0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A0B 10820 bytes
SHA-256: f7916936844187950807b13d4d7b82e06e0a758079e9eb158525c090dcbdb9dd
font_02_sfnt_off000132f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1