Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d538d5f7715318a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:38:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: ef15e843f1563469b72edc3d14c087b5 SHA-1: 7574168d7cc70850e28ad820d5c376cfcdb64981 SHA-256: 1d538d5f7715318a4cb14bf99b41ba598b2568cf3243eeffe3344cda089c584c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with attempts to redirect users to malicious content.

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 https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a40f1aee39cfaa76c0dc05dbc7b4ff07/supofune.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beloit1962.com/clients/8/83/8368a4f838dea3176655029ae9e337da/File/48683521304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sjr6f93928sofld8cfbk1m3rb5/59180095478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d72a915a481e904108c2bc32bfd4d086/92377099839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca5dcf1314---jituvopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e42bt3l.net/upfile/files/kidikuxukudevire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/40900543667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/tulasut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///11970459478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e5b1295a8067011502a447ffde1792d/nuviwubefamogupopelubuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6eab5792a2---modipelasedavibupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equator-maritime.com/userfiles/file/25872449491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f6a81b951ba55523ca819d6f4b017ea/robimivawegevozovomifabew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/69102327600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c5a5a017d---gixisijorobewufuxarugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42d3e2dd70---funapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/60662512568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/xijivogewejemotemubepunux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8396bc4da---65756326722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locthanhwindow.com/img_duhoc/files/jajomurukefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3f6c6481057cfedf5ba025d7e1b447c/filexemigewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cd102dae1c29e30ad2125b405205686/sisafuwevije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadharshilaschool.org/userfiles/file/32206181460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b38535e605---12159876238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92083c7ff48985c3175cf6007b312e7d/zadusakofedidixatotabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=free+pdf+for+macbook+proPDF 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_off00010208.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10208 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011a1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A1A 18632 bytes
SHA-256: 9834314a75eff08da0c1ede5936d7d56b4b5e591281d8432b7f1e9c240ac8e9f
font_02_sfnt_off000149ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149EA 10484 bytes
SHA-256: d81979cd10bad6abc78b7902cc287d927aa23b1c525e807f607bef88babd31c5