Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ab8ab3ab77a449f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:44:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 05715c802adfe3b508f06fa3b8444ae0 SHA-1: 7ac8beefff44972b20b385cc8f858149347e14b6 SHA-256: 1ab8ab3ab77a449faccd9f759a54bd3bcac4750842f306f9699099233c3e596d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised websites, many of which host other PDF files. This structure suggests the primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to serve as a distribution point for further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/444if7icjr6pjpbrc2auc0lrj5/volaroxutetagimo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6eac262808c980980e96488ca1b06a2/42837622224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/tefovupigixonomavulufem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cunningham-reunion.com/clients/7/73/7399477c88ef979e1ad3ac38e42cffcc/File/fogakabufuxakiganudevafut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5bf201efb---pakevexizugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hykylalumni.org/userfiles/wuruwutidusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/xutuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/84472474579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seteo-dechets.com/images/file/mujababolewixofudakej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nob9r3i9h8gvjr28379ubs2k93/1472047804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/fonapeguxuwedavesimonije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/16412319149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a010daab560---26438553378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6726a8391---2854574296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d586029752ef10a1be44d498b565af3b/12016901393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kentcliffordreunion.com/clients/a/aa/aa84b18e55fac3ff3c25336c5005d9e5/File/gedovavanemupegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/84288199960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/opon1cv8uh91ihgq5tm01jg5hm/tegojozeduxowifusakejalis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab990604ccdfa38e22b1f88bc2ad8b18/42642497683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072546e6bbc6---nobuvitaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/449ad9678b1a147ecf96db731e6f5136/4068825436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulanceservice.pl/userfiles/file/4873361051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steammining.com/userfiles/file/16689057980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c00e7e94db1---99880048434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altbuket.ru/files/gosixukumamonobetaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=cream+cheese+dipping+sauce+for+sweet+potato+friesPDF 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_off0000e425.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE425 19384 bytes
SHA-256: 59db95e62f3ab74d764ca6c55d6a808eadf97f8408522df043a6216b4310032f
font_01_sfnt_off00011570.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11570 11240 bytes
SHA-256: 2e1e28e830f30d9f322cd43d058c0b8ed573c662466476909e00173391841ba0
font_02_sfnt_off00012f83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1