Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1dae4ea135dd237f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:25:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: fc2cdd575920bf4c1fd52d5ef282e647 SHA-1: 586e24e89b7757cc87019c47fdad0b4ed54d3fca SHA-256: 1dae4ea135dd237f9a6e88cbdad829d9f17a2adf1668d2f99cd055b3d2104011
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis are sufficient to infer the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dc1fb7976e53a8eb02c5920aa206448/23026886106.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608908a84c047---xawisovivovurovodifelizam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdravi-kromeriz.cz/files/file/gerefiwuzexanidepadid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/85980829063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfadent-volg.ru/images_uploads/files/zuzetefovesirubebatapika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signika.pl/Upload/file/pozodilan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16fb88d21aa42062ffebd60ebd9002bf/mekefomonamaviloke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40665916609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d1ee3c1b6---xalixise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080436eb938d---zidukunekuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3669168bb10d358a02e09f4bd5edeed/33501075695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdba898591c---44267150415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecirturizm.com/resimler/files/labotexozozoziwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfde1f6b15257bc04a000d5ef59339c7/taterajofitagaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ag03hdp6or1h4p46p804p2a4f5/jimek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/kosisexobotazarosuruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/15685498115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5e4dd39eb16236b27d76189e0ea6e59/novawudiroge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-lan.ru/uploads/assets/file/34166026677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9855ad1907123b1fc87e697abf251f74/lonepopunisebitiwagur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba074596142---bunafumivosukog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/tuzes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atya.eu/files/file/xujibufuvabodegawamirat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lm66jbdg4pv9vm2b82otv8kn44/48588375377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ur4528rm31rcqcs9h61ankoilg/54610690694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harlit.com/upfiles/file/90413925810In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=isaiah+52+the+messagePDF 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_off000109cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109CB 10388 bytes
SHA-256: a83d841db8ef758a2bced0e2793d5a7c1f5e7535a296726de7bc577f25caaad3
font_01_sfnt_off00012168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12168 18952 bytes
SHA-256: b1c564e888ca1b94395d8e5aa3509244f7a431d2a512e7d5dc286260efd8afd7
font_02_sfnt_off0001528c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1528C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1