Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d136f3dd04170e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 21:01:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 244f8ecf72f9d024e7cfaf8ed4fd944a SHA-1: fdfe70f53e35341674a1df333ea94bb4ad82aade SHA-256: 1d136f3dd04170e92372cbd512db29ec40b9ef031304e961ad86ac889b56fa2c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure as a link farm suggests it is designed to redirect users to malicious content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe72a50f5e---kitoxisotonuwapufisumidex.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c83338968e3ba4bc9fe8fbc51e9fec87/19524557080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/99285763274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/181d9d52e9e579a204a00b4b9b042e9b/nisusodukazese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abfb8e447934ef8dc7742da6f47a83a8/80776919647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740e109434a---pepita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gopixulonuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ed54aa86d---vanawijog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/tigafivezemupub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb1d3337c5---51950561794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hu041clj3da198306s173qu83m/72488465935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents//files/nakaluso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///dufuvulovuxitikeparujud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/686db30588ba97e15133338469bd93fb/66313734327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5de1a5e708---taxoxigakefikifozibenixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acc10b55c6---jafek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03ies0qfld8r1comgruchv1e7k/zasepabewoxironot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60b34050e31c5d6b369a25737944a877/bepojejimoreferuvejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733d4c7d15f---derevijugumaxugazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18d3e8662a6e2fd46c2d254082db2855/33918013384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b04b3d9fcd6---83904580418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/sudowuribajobovesawus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb6ab0db04868c3a0a5b8576a95b0eee/zefifojajaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glotecgh.com/upload/editor/file/31155884076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=thermal+conductivity+of+solidsPDF 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_off0001210d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1210D 10984 bytes
SHA-256: e607771cf90024d086d946854a1d0150ccac486a09d478899a109b8daa0363b9
font_01_sfnt_off00013a68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001527a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1527A 19816 bytes
SHA-256: 41df180496990094c4e2c439f98d29520ce374f75a3fafe8b405715d0ad1a85b