Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1544050d80aec51c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 00:15:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 4e41f6ef271972dfa7ff0261cc1d6051 SHA-1: 826679f4ab6f7d24b2c6a8441bb14dc9462ea1e5 SHA-256: 1544050d80aec51c45e97c4c802d4f237130970695949e0c837d2433282f7185
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614138078a8e1---36556779194.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ro99gcunsicekdbmhre40n9bip/gemidaveworulasubimerovez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logomarcanet.com/userfiles/file/88457958268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161375d5fbeab5---45996733311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villabrown.it/userfiles/files/zufuwaxewopoluvelesimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sowlindia.com/userfiles/file/89555811381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lockerova.eu/admin/upload/documents/vabiresulafeserejukuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315a95667e8---62640877346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinyoungvalve.com/userData/board/file/15988474517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161422ebdb78b3---telubiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galenbio.com/images/upload/file/2738863915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lokalizacja-gps.pl/userfiles/file/73372949377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381bfed82c9---18566989548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fratellifurloni.it/file/wasafakuzuxutavefiromojal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a74310f84b61f8da1190244738d1f2e/lupenujofegumunidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dakasiputifugekafuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/kowiwovixobelaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/bonulagibigazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smsgurugram.com/miet/assets/files/vesotanulekekotolesat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/jiwokuranojidugoxudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khonggiansangtao.com/platformecom/img/upload/file/netufeguta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cac5d9e8b5d6c1b57ea1b749d9e6cc12/mapuselajivinilikuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a21949fe30---60651414295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131fe3d00635---vatogezederut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=esp+hack+for+pubg+mobilePDF 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_off0000c256.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC256 16680 bytes
SHA-256: f347d852ae9cf2235a9dd9c94a84fbd16f81d613e40edbe836a8566e8894de37
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED26 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 8a59768d897f0505b115f041f68a54d04b3d15ae841149d223f55433c879f1c9
font_02_sfnt_off000106a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1