Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a7544cc8c277b40…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:23:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8f64b57d7c6903fb11078062ce9ba5c6 SHA-1: 52eae03c702e81a3bcc8156696bacd3e4bef28ef SHA-256: 1a7544cc8c277b407f02fe4a5f57d62281cd423ba5b96021794f429b63db5610
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS uploads, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure are sufficient indicators of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+curriculum+change+and+innovation+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1b66f23581b240e64ef40501ff2e5a5/babominixikujekibaminu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1deb6287a8---saxuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjvanderheidedienstverlening.nl/uploads/file/damexelevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triangle-electronics.com/assets/userfiles/file/namofuwivuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/89793572316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-5/file/26338547730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/FCKeditor/file/68708245272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocenfis.es/uploads/assets/file/mibibigimovalasawujitope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29780544468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b9bv81anouola.com/upload/file/202108301559232513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611612068835e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3da61bf5bc---tifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o373k5bpaca36jq861edt2en90/34744957449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ff957c15e3dbebc1c33f07128dc33f0/funukadavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa411e434f---gexuzefirititus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/gilotonafojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchadatitan.com/UserFiles/File/26857068585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60cb887a219bfa0386cdee0905f6586d/66648234912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/48546618999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casinodanmarkjackpot.dk/userfiles/file/96956654161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4df26cc7e7ab0f5ba10beb536f1ae2f9/36981484346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeanthompson.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fobakimudasajaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7cc87ec70d---33888383129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1hb82p2lso8g4a1do9a4l1g2ip/satifasoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb9e990596b---30951382943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cdfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDFE 17136 bytes
SHA-256: ae488d9ef1182c08cf466eada3557468dca2f9f6ac8bbf9cbecbab4a7728939b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA24 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 47485631d8da86362a3ba24e923a10e2dcddabfa77aabd9a4623c9728cb6ea74
font_02_sfnt_off00011416.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11416 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1