Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d1a91df7424fc43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:10:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b6b3f257f87a7b43fb09e734b047dedd SHA-1: bcd66cac138827603d98bc2afc937884e1f03b05 SHA-256: 1d1a91df7424fc436efe535a598ff2dcecb90a3e5a4b8f0a6731a4cea3f73a3f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics confirms the link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://slp61.com/clients/e/e2/e296dcecfd7d10ffef0cc83fef253c72/File/tikapeduzutizipesit.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d7ab4b1020---wubodobedowilunow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tt17qtqnot5cheavdakvrjmetp/70949848696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608091e10c59b---gegizegusazovivulalejesaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f57f47b100a---51318761307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairmonteast1975.com/clients/0/01/014dde3c838f86fef2ac1d31a86c415b/File/famadepetafora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f79b18cd9afdd8563b7f5511ec14f10/livogaxasapoguxigekov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/110048885612942d428e04.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9c49ce3d34---dixufosudatudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f9575e1f7ae08ac023b866b10e29a80/jegamemuvasisisaxiribab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eab73478088ff7a952bea28dd545580/17837456386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocoenglish.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/jevisitib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/xumudisosafor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iece.in/userfiles/file/29972471713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/96241963973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43d5ed4566cc7a9412330a7206491513/61663818206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/xarikosoluvogeper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giustofiori.it/file/gamigovoxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsi-international.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95073776961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a354cbc8d28---50337806149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/52980221747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d3793a95f---66263812110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811c08e9b51---27430810622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nprofit.hk/userfiles/xizevejutotewobefalifuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wdnederland.nl/file/68417021289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=right+stuff+movie+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000f474.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF474 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C86 18112 bytes
SHA-256: a5571b95bd4708bc683ed947a575762c4976f1711d70135c1ee5a1952593f94b
font_02_sfnt_off00013b6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B6F 11004 bytes
SHA-256: ef36a5309a0d4d92c608b7cd51111628d93a7ee8ce7d4e633d8c43c3163f2673