Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a43b975f17de356…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 00:06:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ab3f5d01a5a52b9183a80079907a8ddd SHA-1: 805ff6a8d61c6f8be730af65c15e10113e907a20 SHA-256: 1a43b975f17de35661a441a8f2790df9c9a4d1bf2e019b8eab5f10039f511949
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML and ClamAV as malicious, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Multiple URLs point to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis strongly indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/8745291260a06df3a876c.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i7camma7tl9ojk2mrlvqb4f3g1/vurimojiwetinupoledageku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070962039661---xidisovimexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enidbtwcreunion.com/clients/5/52/52e94d62e82ff66504c7d921fc07bf70/File/22601512146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84f4f00f165a8f461fb36ead310594bc/60792834952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b20f98ba41---ximemegotibajel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4jncgi731h626g5m71q7ldijsd/70625643698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8315232ad5305ea00780c96091129428/32871655583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/weros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d553be91a060ca5a5492833cdb1de516/93853842548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smiletoursvietnam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/malatomigirako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b844c8d1eb1---61458594680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/12351371455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--om2b25zm6igqb.com/ckupload/files/46761805899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/konunetinolobaxetun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608565fe60e46---97044022888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobansut.com/userfiles/file/60927735357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzr-avocats.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duzeribatawizuxapamotez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078899ba61b1---82431731318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjcfurnituremaker.com/userfiles/files/1638366588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/87188580307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-1/20210601131238626452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1960.com/clients/1/17/17c242f0968dc4bce059666b43fbd075/File/mepukiripedobexafaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/62085153161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31a7f9277e9a099494cd4418797c798f/vamejivepekatowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=nxx+for+area+code+4800PDF 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_off0001098a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1098A 10448 bytes
SHA-256: f3e10594afd2f5d8d5cc19d5e36bdd4dff2d21efb598dbeb7e11236658d594e2
font_01_sfnt_off00012168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12168 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001397a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1397A 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 2ce7cacac135fac95557c5d3e97ba2fa15e8e0a28e00d75765cf503be9a35230