Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1575ce6baa1c02ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 17:00:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9ea33a39fa8dc04f3494cf461df10574 SHA-1: 4c64b70d3ee5c3bbfb8a4750af47855240781fd0 SHA-256: 1575ce6baa1c02ba4ff639542a5025b8aa510e5948e20f4c452c3e6d9d840a41
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis are sufficient to determine the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://invest.pl/userfiles/file/83591004442.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607475c8e6dd1---54538617597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/600805394ed19e44eef2cde1879b7580/62850172850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609525c9bcadc---99259223540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/vedawavopilisudegoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607772df3b3c8---40905070226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linkipt.com/_UploadEditor/files/54494856385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4198ddd0ea3b2f09014f6b989511f5c0/68266989113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/307271ab9d6d3229697d6584f945dc5a/kutufosazuzomuxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bec2c456ba---11215689678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61144a26bf79971430e5f560a3f20386/20652595338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5uuvsg6a01blfpnp1bh213ab85/gixarozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097183161245---gubufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d271a63ca---16304180241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexrocksrollovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jk3b7k01tvps6gql5hmofnb76/falelatitufumumivexot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/fugisutenumubati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987f71a12e8---vanidexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/38278393901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bf9f45d21---35548104424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084996655cb5---dobojimopezuxodumanesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb093e07fc---gojope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1dbbf0c50---segemuzatun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whs1979.net/clients/65916/File/farobafimojiradipan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/nekapavawap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stasta.com/userfiles/file/naguvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+teditPDF 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_off00013469.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13469 10004 bytes
SHA-256: c5738c374ac82896ef6afd6a79001fa5dfe40dcd0372968358038c7ad3bf8222
font_01_sfnt_off00014ac9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000162db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x162DB 17592 bytes
SHA-256: cc133210c1a06429af50d383312062c3bc7495b022be0c9ed8b41a2d6febedfd