Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d407f134055eef9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-06-27 16:50:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7b275ee598fcd4da297465f11e36fae2 SHA-1: 03af6e8688e5d7725bd577d2301bba7692bffce8 SHA-256: 1d407f134055eef9ac5b5f9fd9a91ca807a8c3bd5545c75440b8a1ae803a7964
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs suggest it's designed to lure users to external, potentially malicious, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=neurobiology+of+learning+and+memory PDF link annotation
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e571718f1ab38a486ef990c592c40a88/52383749608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9316726dd3e82911c2ac0548a773a4d3/80398023616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbm74cp1v0fsudt4vb0tafv864/tesoneta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a786765d2---nogebosenomazetuvajefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa34dc9dbe---jejutapawizepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826e7f881a8---gijesexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mnu76llopkbfk00mjtoba8i6e5/33788275485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c958d9ba82cfc9493109ea8d027eb603/71103575829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2f449e147---17862144283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f68c96217cbe10223f88d72803c9dd27/figitaxakipoguga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aafd3d79f4f3b2e51b48128479b10808/dabevazenuzozesanom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detskeihriska.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87451515502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38ecd047f38446c8282e8211bee33b50/rojuwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77368221762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/guvev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/19631952707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/mofakazama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ef559dbca---tunefolemamajisal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30f8949256---92847719649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b50e650d98---26909215414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasystemofkarate.com/clients/861259/File/fudurarurozanewaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f772b0ca01ff91819e9db33e0cf5b098/6545430406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4069916c4ba0bbb2c91408dd2f60b100/16016402543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba83d412cfa---bekoxusope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7f3bc2b9d---54283753636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d772414cc7350b6431658e8f4b41119e/94163856513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e915.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE915 17184 bytes
SHA-256: 25b3ca094c551d7d407875d8ed49f3465128f5440b7b56d7fb00f029b83a017f
font_01_sfnt_off00011628.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11628 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E3F 10760 bytes
SHA-256: fa6fff99f6e6c3242503fd2bb419145d935c11c5daa91d088a9fd7b459228673