Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b49f95d362d11e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 23:11:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 0f86f28d6a7d911d68ccbfce6f8017be SHA-1: 528b34ebc727b57f81f87f318b90e72e4f1ff7cf SHA-256: 1b49f95d362d11e4a0462f9109b27af4e2ede4b1ddb04114d3ee794b390718cd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of external URIs and links to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and numerous links point to a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=natural+justice+quotes PDF link annotation
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6038aa99972cbdd6777077a68c8e95b8/73086707788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/116d07759bd16fda52e3fa70a32125d6/64707439693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/file/diganujamatexomoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d08ff72f37---munivagazowibis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c6ff30415---zegokizeguganip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e73e813d0185d4cdf78a407e928eb174/47280471339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dac05d1e10475c3463e65fdd362da5fa/jumazopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acaf916acc---sazejubelisobabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qad3455d9kg4sdgf78vb2c6a5s/worosaletopilalikasoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca3ad31a9a---siruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16076f951eac5a---vifowudadodujuvidere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb5c5d7f58---48807437206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736b259b496---95878155126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a446cc23c4c---surolalofiwunibipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/53912223630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josepholszowka.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/mufadirobux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16ac9377f9f0f33eed345e7c352d9b10/lufono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microcement.ua/userfiles/file/22337739637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ab77d30479fe05a0754de0a392b495/nowum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a305cb3acd93ee27b626c11f4f7bf8b/28478770411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drrajanmahtani.com/userfiles/files/govavidinafefilupibodukan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac5a88d1ba5b54f2cea3f9f2418bc6f5/40664713720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/mijagamovisi.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_off00013807.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13807 17184 bytes
SHA-256: 99f6842c03dfcb0661e9b1de831867a5fdf673acfd193bb96d3a9a296628abdb
font_01_sfnt_off000164a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x164A1 10472 bytes
SHA-256: eb4b0ab5a3adb46acd5f094ca8721cf42661a563c2427cd1dd32133b63d53853
font_02_sfnt_off00017c92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1