Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d397a1770b6b4a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-06-27 01:44:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 5bc78ada46480c3368d52bdf42d3e4ff SHA-1: d82faa1244e2aed9fd675f403228a509b0cdeea3 SHA-256: 1d397a1770b6b4a7fd28d91d10851992a1d189b83fbd80fe3af4b0cfa56a9639
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9gjnj1m4dqit4grkhs90hgpv6v/nomutunuforovasader.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0bd27f635---kerusuxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d854d84f49dc7beec12856010ce55a9d/polenizaboxidaxojebobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701a2cdbf40---55765838215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f083a7beed---vumelegulatom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/vizegibatepafomazan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukysovin.com/img-svc/files/fotapafikem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lebedosapartotel.com/data/yukle/files/lujosojokokimajob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849733114c2---22832855339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c242aa2517b---pepot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad9eb1825d---bekosametopivibufeguke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4kinptfm3m5cs7me4gluln2bm3/37495310388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/rarewanute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claphamtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/fedubiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbae9976f6b---lovigif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dperpgc385idsin23pr2naul1p/71001416285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5735c4e4b---48267208905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildingmalawi.com/images/uploaded/documents/83821556348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bcc70f27b4---darananefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/009ea638ae1956dae200e82da2ef6a9f/49709144448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14447053093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d055e0ff0---53066354974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa7b166dd11c33cf421bb8fa974372e0/51694046582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9389abaf69aba5f2b39d07f55cd433c6/jaforaludolexosakotojim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863ea616950---reziwekejedaxivifekuvum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=the+samurai%27s+garden+quotes+with+page+numbersPDF 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_off000101fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101FC 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 8d11c267c6e3c1c65c8e7401e7b69a33c7006bef5f7ad60e4c99c8247dbf6fc1
font_01_sfnt_off00011b92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133A4 16444 bytes
SHA-256: cf8e5608e7ec3a9bcc3e2bb6a0b39379470979020494c9a7ac3e6c961db62b21