Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1df8cdf075fd61be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-06-09 03:10:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 019e717f795c1e8fb22f3600bb0ee253 SHA-1: ed684e6a11ce552ebdc62edd3681456f946b373e SHA-256: 1df8cdf075fd61be1ab9c79198016df1550d64e8a18cbe172bb4aef638f68c56
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=company+balance+sheet+template PDF link annotation
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9d6cc16f5---1676946527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/denalakixofon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/87340545960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/xezudezukute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4589d7762a02c99c195cd52539b558e5/27313541524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/lodig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eu61366qnjic0rhilla4heju42/25417289226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%252Ffile/rojopoxowixumosezifadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f94ec104bc82dd4222133ea06dce22d7/lepalosuxifobebegawogura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/zubasabetigorubaboji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a1364d7eab0ff06a4b2a624dba5d537/podujofumawilafivedijeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4018238190254668b30f91986019c814/guwapuromunuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080df9442425---xatorafafowiroweposamogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a5c82b6ff---14257256809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608483b1d5b94---51896755248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hrts9n25pcjqh6g2t5be20oum6/wotomobulujaxipas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f00b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF00B 5084 bytes
SHA-256: d78a859ba4799e5558b51b5076bff47f8b072e6c386f03284f0e3e361961cb85
font_01_sfnt_off00010126.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10126 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 01464c75e6e9d318b08f7551de13a3d9dcfbb989c9fef3b9581039ca18650d35
font_02_sfnt_off0001262a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1262A 4324 bytes
SHA-256: b50a2106bf82917db0cd3cf88f63c5e8cc3298b343ace5cffc591b35df33d24c