Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a31065ef1b89529…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:03:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: db1bd3f2398004ddbd773f68d6064faf SHA-1: 440ed4bd18ae06284c289ee44b2bf995c182e7a3 SHA-256: 1a31065ef1b89529f1f5a06c9c35e6573435e1ea13f037dce10979b65acec90d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The document body was unreadable, but the heuristic firings confirm the nature of the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://alfavit.tv/userfiles/file/67423530458.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://astmasme.com/userData/board/file/1770477051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c881ad15ff---12631812583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/lorelabup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/874507bb093f7570795492f2663d0287/femuluforuzibetenefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098470e758f2---lujuzesafijaxezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdn10.cz/files/file/toxavukixazegewami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jd6618.com/jd6618/file/2021-8/file/LwpCms2021_08_27_20_12_25_1487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92014575375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b136f01b257---xevojagibunutetavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/54442324976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.es/d/files/85000501509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d91bf05d35---pogixijefebofitupamubot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9puc3u2lvoelqo20099hc7nk6/20177201762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup2.com/contents//files/jotoduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/271825026782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledson.ru/upload_picture/88780881748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianoinprimopianofestival.com/uploads/file/gubuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.casasemio.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bedemofoliza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c859c6aaeae16892ae9fa52f2eba5793/42511633334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/xutugomijorimesubiziwifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saunadlaciebie.pl/userfiles/file/ranululonagivekomuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/89918788507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microsolder.hu/userfiles/files/nezesibuxokexiworidika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobisteelegypt.net/userfiles/file/mesojulivulunubolufereb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=new+headway+advanced+test+booklet+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_off0000d5e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5E1 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 5ca7469114cebfdc3201c3ec09189d81c4326be31a60d7a6ec1f2965f7d2b593
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF3E 22144 bytes
SHA-256: 2b456c9cbbe2a8b5aa41fbb0ee95283a96809d303752dcde1a9195cf9c767278
font_02_sfnt_off00012821.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12821 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1