Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ba176e1f3986614…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-08-06 22:18:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 035146853054640d5355108462484b0b SHA-1: eec40eb98cd728f49441141b2cad87582b11eef2 SHA-256: 1ba176e1f3986614036b5792181876e5a2de07e78ea6edc3a3de34c69671f2c7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malware or phish for information. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL findings indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a7262f329c---43891838579.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/fesewelixexemimipofakenok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicon-msk.ru/data/files/66594064549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjvanderheidedienstverlening.nl/uploads/file/98011244691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a125eb62454---95689804046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwancy.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/molamidivunuvegug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsoa.cn/userfiles/file/lemaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/repatufupivofekotot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607048f19acc1---66073278907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0e8f673c4c---44851993566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608544da9938b---jopivofojixese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/kukegelekamakona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutheapec.com/upload/FCK/file/zimupopenabisuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744936cc128---buralezibas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mearesandassociatesllc.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/bewufogoxevadebukovubaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad34158407---kibiwazudurukukiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/81339120176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hvb3j1aragiinsdifs8lp6s6uv/1249823198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aff9fc8af6e156e69fb08e3e0d310e34/fepixufikij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hizlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/5359561954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f14bde91e62c087b2c8911668672f71/45351201945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvffj33n0vhl6ebu5098d4a6q2/84385213108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/69300473844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/53190731342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bwawarszawa.pl/upload/file/98215220994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+mobile+download+no+human+verification+androidPDF 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_off0000de51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE51 11136 bytes
SHA-256: a9c1f1dcbdeb2f84539017190a9d3bfc311de0e405f9b51a1e334ce17dbfb264
font_01_sfnt_off0000f83c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF83C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001104e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1104E 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 8b4ed850b418911f0692ae35601933ec32ae2cb3a22e7227ee4a0f8ec52b7cc7