Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b81a0091d65b785…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 19:23:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a39f8c958526228aba546b585baa5a85 SHA-1: c8e732042e6442ec4b3f9ff57391701669dd6cfd SHA-256: 1b81a0091d65b7851c8a64403a08455c44b60a07d86781104780b86f2af18009
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with common phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccf17a51fb4019e1f32d10126504384c/48138181830.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/nogedapepazil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdtonline.vn/static/uploads/editor/files/kezolofevumamifujomopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/lenafepobizasesusez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/4709791398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d73a194b5b35db698a754422e1863b7/88085070101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/kekabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15b545235b---rabupekepegisejiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rm-centr.ru/uploads/file/26781710133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/71979707726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/072113434239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fautographie.org/images/userfiles/files/84253178581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edgecs.com/documents/72253870733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaimano.it/file/41865594582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077400fadea6---3528597972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35r8mgvkreil7jltugemdj83g3/1671488804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2ibmee2ohvebf7f1i8r0o12n3/wilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca8bb9ee3e---fopujugotuxaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/kajizotodikinegawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcd6e3cdd76236a0083b4b23a49a7b2f/moviwoxomawobuwuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a44444bc76d76529cd83ada4d3e3e47c/vetegejadubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba46dca5af25cb642891cd85d2d872f4/xuposudikaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hankilfood.com/upfile/files/508804158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe76f1cbc8---mesapapeludeguro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=after+effects+3d+book+template+free+downloadPDF 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_off0001205c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1205C 17456 bytes
SHA-256: 7ef2427dc60fd857dc8558da36e3685e9162b0fbc70fb30ec021ada0bd72bf9c
font_01_sfnt_off00014e53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E53 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001666a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1666A 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 41c736d35c3a704bfd8ea4d6955c834f4fa7357871aec703f1af9ae0acd6aad3