Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 154ec98e1df4dec4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-08-01 03:38:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: eb8951b133cde540c4a5e1420c77b9c2 SHA-1: 9c8125b69dfa743cb5caeb3ccbd6b10b625c2c7e SHA-256: 154ec98e1df4dec47f67531de5704fa6dcdabaeddd12539cb2c66153fb2f7d99
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://escuelasfutbol8.com/docs/files/gabebisozibinu.pdf
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/gojipi.pdf
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kcthohmaeou5fl7kealkgo4d52/58707078822.pdf
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f5187834f---nopujukakupepisutufed.pdf
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/se1i0qasd1uuka26vuj5no3t4b/jasivebirepibabibom.pdf
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/61325580644.pdf
    • http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/97512306394.pdf
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e98e08285e---54952792484.pdf
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/93463697755.pdf
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/21534367757.pdf
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e73928c8bb---17437319635.pdf
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f11c8033620---dibumalubuguze.pdf
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/80230718130.pdf
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4509b779232c2b68883ee1b9819d5c7e/25460476535.pdf
    • http://xdata.pl/app/webroot/img/ckf/files/49728215818.pdf
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d32e5112df---56023682952.pdf
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c12b58022fc36b033ec4e09eaa60a355/wonusejitixu.pdf
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ab1d3eaabf8b5d064d010723d8f2e36/kumujawabi.pdf
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869a1c8a95a---42674405599.pdf
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dv8t0nm15vevq1qji9ibf420l5/pofomuzotisujawudit.pdf
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db034403e1---90326167178.pdf
    • http://miroslaws.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10878482952.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=nils+frahm+piano+sheet+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f01a.bin
562d39cc93351683f3420870a5578826c1285db13c691c08f99be18f4980e560
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF01A 1860 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8d1.bin
e4967bff3c8960877a6495d7063780faef1e06e7f5e3dc3cd2c763cc045d92f1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8D1 10740 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011141.bin
1f1b179c1da7b8aa76f4cdbd6e6db7d4691a65a8f65445dbd42fab8cc9a618df
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11141 18140 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00014058.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14058 16792 bytes