Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a409258ad138c73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.4 KB Created: 2021-06-23 15:10:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2d214b2a8cf95902576c4aa3c2cad9f6 SHA-1: 03195389f3f1f0da851bb6cc431fe7a5a55642c9 SHA-256: 1a409258ad138c73dc8f19a79c4df746499bf158f1b4d060fd5084b262fbe016
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a malicious link distribution pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8428

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/51340589627.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b503f7b511a---kijevod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangnamjsc.com/upload/files/xepigazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60iq6rpokdm9ghvnabvorsil84/xuledefavopax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0205acad1b---lilakiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/614661c673eb11e748287999c1b99569/balademi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/dilufumug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raffaelecavazzoni.com/userfiles/files/fekeruzowegudixajevedol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-05-28/images/files/21802266354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa7b42e5d53---61182174229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2emac584cpchc62jnm4e9277d/39667286619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/6122608705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/reabcaauijas3l164qrjdie5ud/gakurewobutatidefon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b788baae357---50473877401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/35158779872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210527010724478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ffe3ef4f5---nerodajazesoxovekinudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parcfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b3/b3ae52aef0329bb57e848b27182677c8/File/fuvajob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b8df0dc9ac39267caf90d127412e604/kuwixob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2bf8931fc---lemapajifuguwomaduzibasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=administracion+de+la+calidad+total+guajardo+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dac3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAC3 5540 bytes
SHA-256: f5aa03a61d76ffcec120474ccba2f904cbea4d8bc8eb5509701096652e66ef36