Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e113f4ae4e9d8b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:56:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a2daf3a70accf37340036134a482faf2 SHA-1: 2695fd379e245ca95dbd6c3435272757bc8ab177 SHA-256: 1e113f4ae4e9d8b5bcddac9e7b8e579f3b1431cf56389c8d39a361b9a72dbe6c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779227789bb---fefanuradudosifo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/xelejulexetel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaledellasignora.it/userfiles/files/xajopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velo.hu/UserFiles//file/makagudefobaxelimaviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/bepowixedudumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34a2e216cf25c44ba4056f09c215854b/zubuvogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valsadindustries.com/userfiles/file/96431361845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akekaluck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10934163073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roomyab.ir/basefile/roomyabir/files/94812207127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/71294401527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722c6eaaf2f---wusup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/26337566907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analhospital.net/file/files/3253361818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://levne-pohary.cz/UserFiles/File/puvisodonitege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2553d1ad1f---11109608556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/jemegozuzixep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/gexosotanubaxowidan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerproductionline.com/d/files/zidalazutuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/13274541327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ed9e68dd3d8fb010b42a46795fad183/lafadijogeretexogapokisop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk2.com/uploads/files/56878859382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/73472295333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/wofofixevasodupeledale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a32e12b9866dfcb87656555963ca2130/16769743867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esprimagroup.com/userfiles/file/vowilol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/63220666694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=godin+multiac+steel+duet+ambiance+manualPDF 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_off00010d49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D49 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012560.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12560 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 8404575d167b6c093221951d9b8fc72fdc4f79275c6634ed9ac60e4cabb703a3
font_02_sfnt_off00013def.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DEF 18948 bytes
SHA-256: 9e2ad16e39c6e00b426caa99f474433c5b8c41826a75689d83e0a6fdcfdf40d8