Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b558e7205212af7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.5 KB Created: 2021-08-11 21:00:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: f639722cecaf81ae7dbe897968b7fb96 SHA-1: 088991fe37751ef4d7883748cc4d46f539426558 SHA-256: 1b558e7205212af7963d4c312232e3dcc9c24339045b73917d0f2dc799e22540
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF structure and embedded URLs are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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 http://99hospitalitygroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97792204236.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ece0e99d6---33512173816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1be3e1c3a5---68317146954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab92ee5720cc7abd8d8ea35228e85003/24420296107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagunarent.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3110582687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a74cd0586c4---80710027235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607218e9d4277---67140073811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascii.tn/web/cgi/file/givemuvofivupowaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/39627025234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crackershrimp.com/file_media/file_image/file/1407970687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup2.com/contents//files/nabakakifekafedoxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldaserwis.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36047113730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jbej35ps74jmstv6ndqekcs4cg/85420289901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78bg93nrglv4huro2ag07frvg1/17341072413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085caff4b74c---dafodidazirinok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlefreddieking.com/clients/65037/File/97709964149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d8f1d0daa---runotasoguzizexodewit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/9228421516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/suxepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tt-ural.su/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10003412090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a3b7d8d09---72970006979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210725121522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unibeauty.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53759352282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/rateduxifozigig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+conjuntos+numericos+3+eso+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_off00011669.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11669 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012e7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E7B 19652 bytes
SHA-256: a81ee540cecf650b41b59282efe69aca8d9b2df4d00d3ff26cbba1fa125223e7
font_02_sfnt_off000160a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160A5 10960 bytes
SHA-256: fb10b5307751c66ac6f15a13bd694eeea24a766b76f673b1c589bd66dc0e203b