Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a7c9c6c34d13493…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-08-05 16:02:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d7e735324707b400a8c2a701d12fd3a4 SHA-1: e4ffc8478d28d407f2fc3e158fedb03cd88d79ab SHA-256: 1a7c9c6c34d13493d14bf897f7f17dc8c5a2cb81bc1ed19617c040422bfc1fea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, 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 file's structure and link farm behavior align with common tactics for initial access via spearphishing attachments.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://grimastone.ru/files/begid.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://n2nlah.org/UserFiles/file/40260308388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08421743a210bc54dd7727ec000e3384/zafunikuzawanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frigotechreina.com/userfiles/files/dudanifofawuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eec2ddcb5794996e8b777383d5a80d5/25031326467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbudk89oksguka8mpmag2svs6p/69611844657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/31638585908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/64711786062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/07/files/210718034821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepsforstarlight.ca/clients/c/c6/c668404594a1c08d975ab50c7bec58f6/File/nezedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.niziointerior.pl/upload/file/58471620389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/77064190994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7b62963e7---85771872527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web-news.eu/www/pkpar/userfiles/file/papikugifiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valsadindustries.com/userfiles/file/gulepiweratopan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609afa892191c---mejirojimawoxukidor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nineslash.com/user_file/file/sibepododoxilaguno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4pe9jldem49kq23shf7sh6t04/pigepukoroneter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2cd08f8f5---roruzokorafaposowed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987f27deeef---kidonijaxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giant-nano.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/78575674351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergladesharvesting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/revibefubewakoxegojikiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/varaluxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://am-system.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27382161785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reference+an+article+oxford+stylePDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e23f39729727cb0f5447c00bbf8dcec1/78100782300.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_off000114ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114BA 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 0d9e54e4e23231417bb9fc30540a93345befef583d35615bd04408dea6a0f641
font_01_sfnt_off00012da7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DA7 19056 bytes
SHA-256: 20227e286359e5c4d235ab0898978712da4b8dd0f91dd21137df9a35e1632142
font_02_sfnt_off00015e2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1