Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e1d563dd331dc7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 16:27:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: a7eec08f50e2f816edcb8914a7eb0ebf SHA-1: e3be84f33c2b2ba6e0f6f1a3f7fcb3cce2134a3e SHA-256: 1e1d563dd331dc7a2d37d61ec04d3d8672bcdad13ce690279c2366eede7449e4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a phishing lure or a distribution point for further malware. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the URL structure and heuristic firings are sufficient for a high-confidence assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/61919516012.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e86a2fe1e0d37d9833d1a46076b973ab/gelepavom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/suzamuzinokikuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hrkq08tiv0f4260l4coa82t0c5/897667809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/9426830043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9d554786383de4849449d9489ec8dd9/17891708256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd24f1bc04449ed073576379ddd0027a/rosemefegafupadul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4732b625eb94e6ab7b1408c5912d187c/zejijeguxazuginu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/279a59dee448f7878f55ed8ada04f937/lapexifidanuloxodakefedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henca.com/files/details/file/navikujabuzuwufokoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7c0e9d969---gogojali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reelproductionshd.com/userfiles/file/walivumeboreboxirov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/weduvuzomitumunuleledu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c434ad40e3361cad7d70a24fe20e99b6/sewoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fp0o66msp9ff62flubqah8mv3/36284117808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083bbca67072---fopebezadiwotafopesejen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/31905406936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d011b70bfce238d4178a02ce30f8495a/fafudidilumaxefelunaloxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4i70slmpsgj0mop3knmcqceqcc/rotomowojamemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixewodosututaxenomagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdjcm.com/upload/files/mitiluxelud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d8d7e4acc---masitevej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/30908525828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=all+page+in+one+pdfPDF 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_off0000c083.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC083 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD895 16544 bytes
SHA-256: 2bff90000b10f0dffdcaf74b4a285941305e10065ac0f0692d0ef138837090db
font_02_sfnt_off0001033e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1033E 10288 bytes
SHA-256: af52bfe8ae9956606de6da6750181e5a3ac1bc43cdf575fcbf84e0964be5ebb4