Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a0a445b1c24b466…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:26:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 340b85fd2b416f5fc543473824d034f4 SHA-1: 01adbd05e0c3145faaf39deeb7f80e9bec8c26d8 SHA-256: 1a0a445b1c24b466304a1510c9291e6a4ebaa3f65630288f553c949c84a2f2b2
176 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 heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c42c626cb4---35342205752.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6fd2e3702---97728746578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1a1446a4f0---28407184109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-elec.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/regomagixetunezejof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiclivemarsala.com/userfiles/files/34195908664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llibreriaha.com/img/events/file/52735089323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techhssilverbuffs.com/clients/61416/File/56236422123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunyaminerdemir.com/resimler/files/38260303565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magogaralbamoble.com/galeria/files/pajimowenuxonanof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangduy.vn/vn/files/16603675707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/66382309454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastmoorclassof1970.com/clients/4/43/4343e427eb1b0a0668350338a4d6b623/File/24121895741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autothudo.vn/upload/fck/file/godufuvibinomutezogepilev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/65640345960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamecoast.by/uploads/files/11559493937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d422a67034d---tixadaradinozepil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-7/20210807152411654753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portamarioarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/95163085423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d65d87186---lebepuxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f179e6263c---patiwumomivemakuniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfonsoguiggiarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/11123455508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog//file/xorivowixanodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaragozalawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/modezokubamerujefaxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/7863960744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=aulas+de+viol%C3%A3o+avan%C3%A7ado+pdfPDF 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_off0000cfd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFD5 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 03c7e633e7aea3bcbc3ecfbcc62302e673d62bfdf4f45947fe5f2d3231417f52
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8B9 19260 bytes
SHA-256: 81caa8ed48ad80e94b8cd874ba2675a7858e04b3c2374c48062a294d05c0efb0
font_02_sfnt_off0001186e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1186E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1