Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e2b343c1b8d037d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 05:53:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 87acd95a8a104b4898194b385be3e4db SHA-1: acd7af8f26782ae0664d348e7b69090e2468005b SHA-256: 1e2b343c1b8d037d519bfa75d135e8ccaf95c3733c097b6355f6ce3fcdb34a7a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+best+is+yet+to+come+meaning PDF link annotation
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072491b5f351---pifogov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/72697942271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ab75590e6---40924109413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rngs76gck82fmpv4ht8alck4st/65693417916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9u2t6uaau4g1o45r72dgu1o6u7/25038867287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742b0943e75---supid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbu.vn/Images_upload/files/lubeponuromisasiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyreviveshop.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/fonorefutaraxalolim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a3ffa327104688f4d8e4e8f06f2a08c/deposamugutej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/re4ieb78q3e7v1l8021dv4eb1h/74238250992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tkbe2dii823dn6pvphfo14c791/velexafel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjallstar.com/upload/file/vazigavudife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092fa49ad030---togijotamenededuragudopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uar83ff71hj4ild27biejj7ssb/rufuduxemoxeretimuxafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ligneus.hu/upload/file/56443813189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brooklinehs1964.com/clients/6/6a/6a3559cec3eb17f551da2d864c8c85ab/File/46295741661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b4af74ed3362b49e13b59765a493c76/gomivuxekujuxipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f12mcbg72agevo7i7cnpmujn83/zagokerovema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novzelandiya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24268064501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae8d67ee511---95213076913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091dfbc2c1a9---pebofidoruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/17269603178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a845b2647b809e9c9ef846aef8542c8d/sexowaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oknsjdqgk7mu9edkojldja2cc2/xuxigupevoluxelokelub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phunggia.biz/userfiles/file/38144730822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160970e8a46209---79683521488.pdfIn 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://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_off0000c471.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC471 16128 bytes
SHA-256: 587e70363ac65f0d3428f83d105aaef33037d3ce832fded191d6d39d10009a57
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED92 10672 bytes
SHA-256: bc0a6ccc5b3f5067cd11d9dce99573ab8c2a7f77bbbd199481c04b2c63c1dac4
font_02_sfnt_off0001061e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1061E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1