Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1555a3a4cfe4bb29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-29 15:19:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f1917cfc17eec01044d6f96a36c3a8a3 SHA-1: bacd0527fcae81ea8249455e344132b180d4611a SHA-256: 1555a3a4cfe4bb29574c032f20a827bf591b811426f2c901c2a993a75b8896da
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. These links likely lead to further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f7f44a502ba2d12ef952237814772a4/92904240856.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e28f29aa77---sexaruxujaxadapitamezosaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlygiaylynhua.com/upload/files/41593740821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/89113473150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--54-dlcdkamdj4btild5b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7989572147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://austarpharma.com/upload/files/87637613254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artofsurfing.com/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8332029656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e1c02bf9e---nopoxudulivusuwilij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaianhduc.com/images/file/92760968950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goacetours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokemipopovusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/67583725791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae8cf572e16c0aaabbbcaf4127cd8eca/palexupumowabebesidatuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d26ab2591f---seganikuxetim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc9fed5f68---20437304003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/lizununinekusaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemwishrs.com/ckfinder/stones/files/5119701328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9eace741a---34809345654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc9d1cd00dc---22118242219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evopizza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57037894904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkmaster.ru/uploads/files/51063892014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbeeldt.nl/userfiles/file/rowemawutozazaxuvit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/namatifarija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/41987141071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preserveproperties.com/userfiles/files/84202238315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607edd4b61a3e---fovumexiwatelozav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+an+oster+microwavePDF 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_off0000ee19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE19 16700 bytes
SHA-256: 527c3b767b45d1238438d55f6f8d7d17a494b5a15f84e6f88efc20b7d7afffab
font_01_sfnt_off00011947.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11947 10588 bytes
SHA-256: e58ac9406b34d2b1c569ae3721347e1265e8094b7eee403cc603d593bc753e2b
font_02_sfnt_off00013184.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13184 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1