Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d2e78eab4a68b4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-18 01:55:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 29e6182d0ad0101a711eb66bb3e326b4 SHA-1: 9f6dee5c9ad9083baf97d415ffcb71255dc340a0 SHA-256: 1d2e78eab4a68b4b6dd5539b86cd0529bbb4fae4f37c42bab34f76b633d9d6c5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm directing to multiple URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for SEO manipulation or phishing purposes. The presence of numerous links on potentially compromised sites suggests a broad distribution effort.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9819

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://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2788306ba4556459e7cfea30743ee504/83758238879.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nhasachconggiao.com/luutru/files/wowavobozebizus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/24724514122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frqnc35343272oab5599ach9td/38926665212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f10a6a75cbb---puletefumimalolusolasid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38ac10bc8e---74182678770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/48780074699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b3c2f3305iip22ckeujc76716/rekibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c892fcaf45c60ad708b9b4a369ccea8d/sumalixagaribefulukowiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d975f5ed45---vonedapom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gistfamilyreunion.com/clients/8/8c/8cbf0a40baaab9dd4734ff2cdbb1e120/File/bemiloridavimomisosax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demkapi.com/resimler/files/41277207473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/80102271706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d0339a0f2---putexamav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiabiru.com/contents//files/zugowari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideatity.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zukaketixuxakepin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///2021062023181_979834060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-wesam.com/userfiles/files/wazujobebodogorutebiboren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-4/20210604203206639152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/76394599653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10462351618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65c203ac98---pesifonuninarerabeson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f620d27fee---38125912204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irantruck.ir/data/file/rudowagusizukuwijebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/78349202555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/47434406613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b63c8086f---62766907880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807f4cf1ee8---mawabekavaramureve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=6th+grade+social+studies+worksheets+with+answer+key+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_off0000ec9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC9D 16644 bytes
SHA-256: 46de46ddbd26b37ef286cb5c6f8f9ae83fdf90f67855c43a5baf1e9713225da4
font_01_sfnt_off00011784.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11784 11364 bytes
SHA-256: 418c168d3c31d8628c9eb24d3d3f06ea461a1d6f0312a4637b32ffadd05ca07d
font_02_sfnt_off0001321a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1321A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1