Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ab8af57382e4301…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:12:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1ba8630ea53ea41f022c1542dc0bc002 SHA-1: 06d361d5dcbd4764bd3c0ff1ffc9185dcf48e7a3 SHA-256: 1ab8af57382e43014f52f26344898c8a56f7a056466dfec8561d04a745ac814a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These links likely lead to further malicious content or phishing attempts, aligning with the 'Spearphishing Attachment' and 'Exploitation for Client Execution' MITRE ATT&CK techniques.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://prestinieurope.com/userfiles/files/51277948359.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9466b1c5f98ab1bbc5e41e350cc469e/56353204438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/sijegezixixerenutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee91a10eb7bc409fe1a620fe6571fe52/rozejisefijojidexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f7f6431a6d---rolijanipexaputedilune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b072859a6---patogobedamenerexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nexapos.com/upload/files/zenebikipijotebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91ac7bce0067d42e163b655c0f334305/43612506286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylphs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nodad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dp2daclg3iusu6qgto23dd5h9p/sesovufusikipovutivifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jooli.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mudokekidunud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/zaluxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5efat8jo7r4uolajgkobt55m6/pakaserijijatobuwolebexot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifbant.com/resimler/files/dezolinezixefegazivufalid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/760ovsv55vu3o128cg4vnsiev3/89532571467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://red-persimmons.com/upfiles/editor/files/paruwexisosevuxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610bf5b6ed99a---82918821468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/images/news/file/mulesopolavafokemawuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmcd1ur9lhntdnl05ra003bkal/borulokupeverina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondatayho.vn/images/ckeditor/files/nojigelore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandiosieventinuziali.it/filesUploads/file/kosudofevigafipuvetidez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xhiehchin.com/Xhieh_News/_file/lupibotosozel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca4e45d383---tunizevukama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmsone.com/eimages/file/govekegajor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloisiquadri.it/userfiles/files/gevulunofizemoxanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=contextualismo+funcional+pdfPDF 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_off0000ba88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA88 15112 bytes
SHA-256: 5c549ecd408232e72178ef34b6a29a542b209194e0bd71dbd685de36c9f56d91
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A7 10916 bytes
SHA-256: aee0ad32e583d18442e38119e9a5a0e7c4fc1fb12d946240f200b2c22763539d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1