Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1487d2efbef61ba0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-08 10:11:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 895387c795bca325d88250c09ee69ab4 SHA-1: a47f3ad50f56875077315543ec41e35da597beaa SHA-256: 1487d2efbef61ba0f0b4c0f0812269b6c4bea5abd19550b81147320545014f15
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_URGENCY_LURE' suggests the document may attempt to create a false sense of urgency to prompt user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://altinay-law.com/images/file/35428946323.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5bb6bde75---wiwisekolavexiduko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/29175692045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bostonmentors.com/userfiles/file/jokukumidurimabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32b9929cf5ed590dc679e658fc22efb0/rubenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clap-bas.com/userfiles/file/wobedavibidaratitiven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724a4528092---pumorewusudibupejovadatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607371e81ac1c---tosikalaliregegajevitukep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc1347a67ee---lefeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a61c81df3---13419771205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinanxintiandi.com/userfiles/files/89205821037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608240f5cd403---22128500639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9122856410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saam.vn/images/content/file/44884937016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85b91a041ae4efb874b9386b0d6582c6/98344434112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmbbq.com/uploads/files/tusumirolosexidakexunulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bdd05025de---87265183079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/enkh8e3og3kjvht3ov01obv3pg/18628097166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qmqdnerd9kpug2hg5eouf245fv/pefurugugomodokimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b82pml75qmph2gfk1to5mlsr15/80862925248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79edd7c0eb6888a482685a11f92a696b/vupuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aitrans.cn/UploadFile/file/F1202105300456538279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/82746248390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/839103b9e19823dc900b2fd6916b7355/dekegokitawisowokafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=formal+resignation+letter+examplePDF 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_off0000fe32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE32 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 2c0c9548cbd1a167cc7783553ec317188f006b2cc200d104cc3999821102638c
font_01_sfnt_off000116ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ebd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EBD 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 822beec867022d0008b7fe6beaec6ef6eedab996b4c026d4d459a54e687b7170