Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a70e9d1b9189082…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 23:19:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 37068b876b63e7030c14c3318457a242 SHA-1: ef74b3dfd4f383f6d5df594cd804dfde81471d38 SHA-256: 1a70e9d1b91890828f42ca76d2224254460dd4bbb8bedea207fc8d3db4e463a4
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URIs, with several heuristics flagging them as potentially malicious, including direct IP address links and links to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the document's structure and embedded links are designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 https://barrier.exma.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44323727923.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wellfoto.cz/pictures/files/24565799215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investir-petroleo.pt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nevegabeniwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruizhishengwu.com/uploadfiles/file/08071414806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/81319187845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jucariicopilasi.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/tajada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e0ee4ce9bdad4471fd135bd5c746c70/wogetudixinaxezagewimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d8c523b817---1534471222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refah4ter.info/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/77729461019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f9d69405a2---bokukimedipawafibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcable-bg.com/uploads/pictures/files/veporaxirejesipobopuzab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurosan.pl/user_images/file/27215143887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/65828604903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/90494206538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleschimmo.lu/userfiles/files/23606061715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d60efc0591c85f890706bb88e2d4dfaf/92536735913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/84554634880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136da668deae---44117248288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f648f3e2e---wepeveloguve.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://allgeology.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vekaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-chengeng.com/uploadfile/files/15505072778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatngungoisaoxanh.com/upload/files/61804798999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ministerium.pt/files/bosekanudiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanzmendia.com/userfiles/files/99150035170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenstarhotel.vn/images/uploads/files/83808814274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenbins.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xozisokudiwidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d43ceec888---xikitebepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ver9ctrl.sonikgps.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zotuturoxomevefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+save+my+ig+story+with+musicPDF 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_off0000d555.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD555 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED6C 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 1979b5c1e55a0cac7f19f40560b3c3e1e54a3d2f920268d6660e214209b56b41
font_02_sfnt_off000106b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106B1 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 1e2eff2012bc35bb3c30b022245814cf2b43a57c2dcfde4002fabd8c1bba6edd