Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e430ea200e0767e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.3 KB Created: 2021-08-14 20:52:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3953433478949c8aa708568a6483678f SHA-1: d4c0cd83befbbe74df595b546ca76859b7f3e52b SHA-256: 1e430ea200e0767e1de1eb966225f1c0fa80f8e42b34a6fa3578b0e5b4c7b399
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm designed to mimic search results, directing users to download other PDFs from compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's part of a campaign to distribute malicious documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 https://leise.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duvumufuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d3c661dbdb---tovumijitagoteloji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/17073744651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c91570220a54e5fb2b87c18f6fcd6352/97653590691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160890b8da2d4a---tikozonuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0416mc8ge2n20hf3uqem1h7af5/fowunevogosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed09f1647a---2000037151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c001de82cbd---12880140178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khambenhxahoi115.com/images/files/50535573839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoannalisatinelli.it/userfiles/files/nadafasajew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiroyoung.com/data/files/19576395576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchontherockuk.org/home/churchontherock1/public_html/userfiles/files/koxikatumabarokowal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozanatalan.com/iboard/includes/userfiles/files/rupugavizegugegoxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunecharts.com/userfiles//file/xojimokawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emailreceptionist.net/userfiles/file/19892090819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b1e2d7407e671393120505a42e5cb71/wotowudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/27962074887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b6e3d3ac3---wukevedenitiset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cdd5194f537fc07dc7bd3615e695b24/9300269497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58156940295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a651dc49707---7051243470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/55488483206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimaycafe.vn/uploads/file/58206954714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=molecular+biology+of+the+gene+watson+5th+edition+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off00010e3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001264f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1264F 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 759e3b17264738e14e910538e881ddf63b4c48df3cc4c31d9eb6e426bae9ad14
font_02_sfnt_off00015348.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15348 11464 bytes
SHA-256: d2d30f252d92cf6993ab64fde8721d348c9fab41a64f9e5895b2db7308366220