Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e2113a62f6b58a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 11:18:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 04354f25d21f5a9814970cf4b5199052 SHA-1: 851c8b48f63cba95f6fb79db0be24fe2e64da226 SHA-256: 1e2113a62f6b58a37f137e00e4a0d849d445e806339d5deec06377c7a428ff3b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to trick users into downloading files. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/kapaginejanimepujawo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oipipleszno.pl/userfiles/file/gozoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d2b38573d---17916977805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cyc-catering.pe/disac/userfiles/file/30613306516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eia-edu.com/userfiles/file/31979102600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edusfera.pl/upload/file/weripapixitebex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/20496500806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://napiarsaigh.com/images/48891105305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacantioquia.org/aym_image/files/fatoziza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wgadget.com/file_media/file_image/file/84952633693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/ratizawamota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimcert.org/E/file/kezalepopozulubut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/645e739f514b809fd944c89dea631f2a/55696631813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efckrakow.pl/userfiles/file/fotujojigezupilumub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61845767733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adimhukuk.com/resimler/files/27917991099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motodubai.com/uploaded_images/files/wosepowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkart.it/uploads/file/82195878557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd0a56226e61f3fe2a04cc504bf01647/31515608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef74523d909cc4ed0df1de1fb168cdb6/zowatixikudepimogawibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gymlesgeants.com/upload/editor/file/69908184029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungafilm.com/dorceiys/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kakikogazaxubadema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-champagne.com/blog_images/blog_/file/tixig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvif.fr/userfiles/file/917846754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diskacme.dk/images/upload/file/17125463917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=download+fast+and+furious+9+full+hdPDF 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_off00010a41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012258.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12258 10672 bytes
SHA-256: a945d904a707fe5933ec930c3fc9f7e40d188dd42c877754124843f999fa9e57
font_02_sfnt_off00013acb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ACB 20076 bytes
SHA-256: 601c0b734dfabfe7d49eb3f2238bbb0d1bdf4529faee5b06f063bdc1029420d7