Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a52b49cf39195d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-08-30 12:43:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b6139a0963715bb97436da378e111fa3 SHA-1: 394a4ee72e50186d805cd2bbe7c9d90cf5e6e830 SHA-256: 1a52b49cf39195d5a67aa7cce3a0971c0b0e2230052f740fb3faef8966afe22e
156 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 hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links to compromised CMS upload directories reinforces the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://exhibitionchannel.com/upload/1770855040.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97379456758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targdenunti.ro/userfiles/file/rovudavexonojufur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/15560340640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e880b0595---dapuvixajudozogokezup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulf-rope.com/images/bulk_images/files/budevoboguva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75da6d630366016bbb491dc0d55bf8c5/magebasewumurajikeduziza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahispesinde.com/gnc/veri/_files/54698561733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bojovesporty.cz/userfiles/file/10066240737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3a13b58df9---pemejevarejoxizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607526f3ae68a---68407288452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kortennis.co.kr/B/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34184103200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ee12eb6ef---4509240811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/59832703076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lqqfsuu9eee9ktk8qeo1omob9p/jazekaxunegikobutib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/pamekageziwuxejulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cec565ab7eed26526dd35f90e7c493b/zogejulixefowemozeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/51641169479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/61328754900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0d154572cde869a1bcb8fcb82844d11/sakupiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610314e987ea3---95845311537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/rilatizadupinalulif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmleadmanagement.com/userfiles/files/53969756808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/763e2365a6684e0fd7e0a9e9999a6352/sosiwemanux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+narrow+edge+presser+footPDF 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_off0000fb3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001134d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1134D 19220 bytes
SHA-256: 7dcecd08329d47f19095c3718b366690b5c18aa3973e607fe46755c08f4615d4
font_02_sfnt_off00014587.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14587 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 282045cf46aa86e33268554044be326d9f1280c882a4da17a14c3b8af5e2f4c0