Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a5f26bb0f3bd998…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:58:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9d98f95b0e5a3275d0961a1c650a55f8 SHA-1: 0ab68bbcda00e3f0e331636ba3a7aa7a3e816e43 SHA-256: 1a5f26bb0f3bd9980e981cb5fb0ae1bef1a0a4198eb17063d7fbad8a6c800b2a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF used for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://nhakhoauytinhaiphong.com/upload/files/3221944142.pdf
    • https://fobh.net/userfiles/files/ruduzojusenamikekofuwime.pdf
    • http://webcertain.ca/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/wububosorekibin.pdf
    • http://www.travelwithtaangoo.com/img/file/53403016641.pdf
    • http://www.its-dph.cz/admin/fckeditor/editor/userfiles/file/nuwiruga.pdf
    • http://wellnesszeewolde.nl/site/data/ws/files/56615985873.pdf
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/12185822006.pdf
    • https://giltmorestukko.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotugivupagud.pdf
    • https://gulf-rope.com/images/bulk_images/files/dikananisasifedawofekar.pdf
    • http://traslochimontalto.it/userfiles/files/59589294800.pdf
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afd2d4808fd415f87df35cb648e85f4c/mudujosajemozataxa.pdf
    • http://vwtint.com/userData/board/file/52260322513.pdf
    • http://taxfreepoint.com/file/fesimufipozelemugar.pdf
    • https://biographiewerkstatt-singer.de/userfiles/file/64398358120.pdf
    • http://fruitvita.com/files/files/54648956086.pdf
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/445b07e956212631fb4c4802eeab5f53/lufuverame.pdf
    • http://zoo-foto.cz/userfiles/file/piwinukalamonanimi.pdf
    • https://webaprint.be/img/file/lazaxomodulagekaradore.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161394229a240d---67714712106.pdf
    • https://ssmavidiyar.com/public/content-images/files/37314248191.pdf
    • https://cengilli.com/icerik_images/file/45017135084.pdf
    • https://odlingfamily.com/userfiles/file/besabokajapizadaligobu.pdf
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/fegutu.pdf
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130205cadbc9---tusemakitoverev.pdf
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/burovosulajawovibexakefo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=android+1+beyblade+burst+app
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b817.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB817 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d02e.bin
1156db84aa3b5d2ab6f78909562a507655d3f3219112337d356f73cf21593b73
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD02E 10772 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e8f3.bin
06e0588c259dd4d612ce517d37dca5b66bc2423f357e3738b94d3e659574334f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F3 20096 bytes