Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a301ecda9f63c5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:55:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e7ff87c0add115ba04a16f1f9f5a7bbc SHA-1: d5abdbaee439f2bb706ef50abc2a5a431bf03d59 SHA-256: 1a301ecda9f63c5c7ae9ca88ec529dca32ed673da767b995ea9c69949a75473d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, with several heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Notably, some links point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a tactic to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/57844472066.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/patoboso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangs78.com/clients/66216/File/sodoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4d81970caa---sinaler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikra-ekb.ru/files/fckeditor/file/fimabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/tapikenuvejef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c6ac904776---sebinutatomasox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-13/20210613130241442520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cariboohose.com/userfiles/file/49445626563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/74055579180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservices.com/uploads/files/42520846574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaldistco.com/images/file/tasirozixewujakutalux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/zupisenonijofisizuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/297071f6d0664f1856d1715161c1b2f1/nagubugemeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c17baf97643175f7be3e5a9e2dfacfa/15030092540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debo-fit.be/userfiles/file///71565669950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raiporjai.com/piceditor/file/43434175313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://florylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pajefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98004244518858754e9ddd88e121960d/zinabezewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generoussecurity.com/uploads/kedewevuvedewatidarixufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mvsg3ler9ah9bv3540rcklqos4/46933435337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mehmetrasimmutlu.com/icerik/file/powudijiwofepakuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/69601944247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607689b40a55a---76511041765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auksozvynas.lt/userfiles/file/xawenitiwewolazirukoguzim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=architectural+design+conceptualization+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_off0001178d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1178D 19172 bytes
SHA-256: 7251a3f06dfd0bc00be7ea8b1421ec544e1d459c288a42893a5554c932d35c01
font_01_sfnt_off00014986.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14986 11040 bytes
SHA-256: e3822d06f55f7fefbe5bb9a801d4e5ce1bb28fe130b8efcfba7b949fd4fed76d
font_02_sfnt_off00016305.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16305 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1