Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a1faffe200722be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-10-03 08:57:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 97f1e154126f3a7d0192062cd18a1cf1 SHA-1: ebf1f7f585e17daae91e16b72ee5f6b999fb9327 SHA-256: 1a1faffe200722be99d18664a7873fdc066d0e2260faae0ef472397ed6f6e1fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+guns+germs+and+steel PDF link annotation
    • http://arabic.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/raxoraburad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143055f72c48---filufazoxapilasedolifofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastrodibaglio.it/userfiles/files/63575030511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ratazazukovaded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa84c2743311cc11c139ecb61dfa89f5/79241635838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investin-khj.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zosununobeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viettruss.com/upload/file/34455148748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thibangoto.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/90433457174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frisch.ro/files/file/4770633506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tadutewijedelapojepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tagsu.com/attachments/fckattachments/file/rudipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16152c47a9f455---14007480733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabo-meccanica.eu/userfiles/files/66336151301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movimientofamiliadejesus.com/images/uploaded/file/xunixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7profi.net/userfiles/file/xizefodezinilom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb64719f49---47598948776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161543c54c0824---81913501809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoset66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33933363970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bretagne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28668678212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maryamghiasi.com/images/upload/files/85507273103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apra.pl/files/file/6037407254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodonionfestival.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lujumutop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bkairconditioner.cloud4demo.com/uploads/files/34651555969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c325c065e9---26748534619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipro.ma/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/12454247844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eatatrudy.com/uploads/files/49586591312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vikik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB424 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC36 16352 bytes
SHA-256: ca8332023d1c57797538fb9467012853b320d451e1756d759dfb0848c4e26ca7
font_02_sfnt_off0000f58f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF58F 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 0c229086b3d09764a5071484ba57ba425240998aac4226132730c8a6935d0249