Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d729f47076ad6c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.2 KB Created: 2021-09-27 23:03:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8efbcd550d80d3204b9b55e58a17b036 SHA-1: 6bd0c299a025d7a44ad8992f7b6fbd13473d8eb0 SHA-256: 1d729f47076ad6c597f2f0e27ee5a2f8bcd567cd1d4283e2fc78776e7deba3d2
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 CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking through to external, potentially harmful, sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/rupisukusivos.pdf
    • http://www.yeosung21.or.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1631404049.pdf
    • https://mami-m.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/11253139630.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91d88456d35da7b2817ecdaa855df8bd/duronemumebub.pdf
    • http://artvideo74.ru/upfiles/files/wokelikemezetoruvut.pdf
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021091910095819.pdf
    • http://vagyonvedelemszolnok.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/lofilifagurajis.pdf
    • https://kipass.fr/userfiles/file/xamukuretonaxezabetedu.pdf
    • http://qlinairnv.be/userfiles/file/21937222071.pdf
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef9a7904d8e194609eb36e340b0c21bf/pobajupi.pdf
    • https://viktorina.ledoritulys.lt/files/92623284671.pdf
    • http://iberryhomemade.com/userfiles/files/fesedubitoxebuvoket.pdf
    • https://efckrakow.pl/userfiles/file/fudikokawapewowidozopu.pdf
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/divogivovulefubu.pdf
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fcfa0a2652---97531619567.pdf
    • https://grupa-energia.pl/attachments/file/xadimuxanejoxu.pdf
    • https://12waktu.com/contents/files/11342536981.pdf
    • https://koratspring.com/upload/file/90602154534.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3rcj2cqj6mbmo33tff59qo7t25/labasuja.pdf
    • https://songhong.info/userfiles/file/88533958968.pdf
    • https://dragonexpressml.com/userfiles/files/41131891076.pdf
    • http://tobn56.com/UpFiles/file/jelejitidewamojaterutiti.pdf
    • http://jfhcoaching.nl/userfiles/files/nelalatalikid.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=movies+to+watch+free+site
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ae37.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE37 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c64e.bin
8fca6e162df697f310e6750d51d347e08a6328f7079b5a537b39edd1dad1bf81
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC64E 10428 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000de34.bin
2cac8617b9eb7a244523163446f6f06f2df10e0b9aafb17d8e5dbd9a8f4d591e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE34 14988 bytes