Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d3bf7c5772c8dc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 06:50:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: bbf19b54407d1a12b8c5a5c31d878d6b SHA-1: 134f37c872b6a1585fce25cb4f701b8af9a7e82e SHA-256: 1d3bf7c5772c8dc7fb7c86b5cff868a8238a72769ddbeaecee927bde27751957
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI heuristics and compromised CMS upload links further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://everest-c.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68677314852.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608286deb0572---46891405113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/53922522275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinside.pl/userfiles/file/10023608289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/gizajakisaxeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b3b96571b---muden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7fe14f5ab2f00ab95ecb502d55ff320/25257925448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexedanang247.com/uploads/image/files/vamunaluxezexuzadov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.de/userfiles/file/dafafikuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c16122465---65950857487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ec79706649df2adb5813e33c232d1e9/40651659216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/27675002316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609474d5399e8---27871395338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5de2322aa79964ca7362928eb7871ed5/povuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3526e4c5bbe6989a4d9f12e7b1ea536/safuwonadudimetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tv-kitchen.ru/files/files/29052248606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eberli-medical-supply.ch/upload/file/darovopiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lpp3ijj3kfd7euke7i375qo42c/jiruluxemotazobavala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c38b1c4a83---11148861758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a6b7410055dc87d5baa2bafc594e981/71486614423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d249ffdb33700dd415586b433352586/21911765706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4bc2fe84fa70be441983aab18f4fa21/65978043858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coatielectronica.com/files/12053800723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=causes+of+hypotension+in+young+adultsPDF 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_off0000e7bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7BB 10924 bytes
SHA-256: d0e240d1240ff1fe6a0f0e327e2b866ba24c68ef519b63f19ff5300affa7fdb4
font_01_sfnt_off000100d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000118e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118E8 16816 bytes
SHA-256: 4afe559ae092d0fc846f72cee715af0f81e7fbab37f3d1b0eda72d1ab961b358