Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1df1bc982005179c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-11 02:49:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a2ab3d6f0f24c3d6b6c0969c482b6b55 SHA-1: 3c0f7a98dc14cd28c5dd64427602ddf5758d5e2d SHA-256: 1df1bc982005179c89279f8ca4c911c51518e287d884ed6219c7849698fc1ec1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=estrategias+para+administrar+el+tiempo+pdf
    • http://www.kizkulesikizogrenciyurdu.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/tanulukirazodo.pdf
    • https://izr.fr/files/xepazatimamafid.pdf
    • http://pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puwebiru.pdf
    • http://xlpe.net/Images_upload/files/nemixuguritudoge.pdf
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/bulurejamixejigefijo.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161316c658e5b7---77817297393.pdf
    • http://sbkf.org/files/files/gidoxalusojujerekeris.pdf
    • http://poney-club-romilly-aigre28.fr/userfiles/file/xikaxevoma.pdf
    • https://bisleri.genefied.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zutosovafovo.pdf
    • https://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cae4c95e76b4ca7cb26bd658009bb15b/tazuduxidezapoz.pdf
    • http://7m-shop.com/userfiles/file/53563440200.pdf
    • http://miskolciharsona.hu/pictures/file/20990006743.pdf
    • http://xn--djr00fsyfv0o5qgy9u.com/filespath/files/20210902153433.pdf
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.org/images/files/72372168101.pdf
    • http://patrick-vallot.com/upload/files/wesebakugikiko.pdf
    • https://artesapanaderia.xyz/aym_image/files/3427520169.pdf
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1613226e78b40e---wiluven.pdf
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/1593721104.pdf
    • https://quanghuydulich.vn/img_duhoc/files/vojegejujokerusejuwu.pdf
    • http://stringquartet.biz/web/images/fck/file/dijog.pdf
    • https://sunsoftinfoway.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zojel.pdf
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27392324418.pdf
    • https://imotrading.com/images/userfiles/kovirilewilejedumigux.pdf
    • https://xrtradingfeedback.com/cmsimages/file/51187049702.pdf
    • http://retailpark.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/14551301837.pdf
    • 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_off0000f128.bin
e2d4d147becc95ba5517d2ac56659e03fca73659ada5e419015c8a4c1615aabc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF128 18360 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011fbc.bin
061072101e9efa5f705d25a1d0710d79ddbe692996908102d9fddc43a9ca7e7a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FBC 10824 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013872.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13872 16792 bytes