Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a748692df66addc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-08-04 22:29:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 2418a1c4738a8fbb330a18f03cbf87e9 SHA-1: c497a7d1e5e9a9ca3d974160448c16f9b3f4ffa5 SHA-256: 1a748692df66addc6f9c9a723f671ed55f6dbeb636a1161c0e973faa1318b809
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it likely exploits a vulnerability or contains malicious content. The document functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or distribute further malware. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/tabumuvumolufesiruzezob.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6t0128p246e31c6qbisg8fs0g6/73611726102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/21342383723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/23217896587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/fikumirefagavupem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3b41560bb---85106039552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9d4ca4a4c18562541ccfc2b0bbdd863/7576054350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbc34d6339---60579521223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsm-trhs68.com/clients/8/81/818e764d3414495a915a5f66638dc9bf/File/31007590126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094aa0de823a---tamowamuzigefowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737c1530564---goduribeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/407d4b028a72c9de489cc3a0369136d5/16398436109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092beaeedc43---81575872948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6ukkvk8h07m781scb3l7k5r6q/tafegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7a60c287e---83708445870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/avl1v5f8rmgcqlv0lsnkuqm676/mebixuvavepadulabijakilez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf9cb591e0---xuvubazusovibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/nozilajalabunosakupuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077cf10975e2---bisobuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msiutilities.biz/documents/81091042803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/50092201783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reelproductionshd.com/userfiles/file/vodunanopupimiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/4689214222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c943b115cf---moxenexofitatarelupofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a2e96eaa35---76393603460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suacuacuonthanhhoa.com/upload/files/pagapimidabotib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+resueltos+de+razones+trigonometricas+en+triangulos+rectangulosPDF 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_off0000f1d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109E4 16716 bytes
SHA-256: ebb07f4dc31406243b05e158b79a801c5111cb4beb3668b03ead6943e99888ec
font_02_sfnt_off00013480.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13480 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 140954fdf897ced69a57d2dc588d5e9a934b81230c4ae6cfeb10aff88673b3b1