Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e4cff42c263d02f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 04:56:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: cef0125fd4396309048f404a81f0886f SHA-1: 46e29c8f4809752fc7fcc220505b7816a63ada4c SHA-256: 1e4cff42c263d02fb163efff6ffef1f4428868e17a53bf0e0579d34701197283
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9790

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://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/84804736441.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d2b841785---66021881317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/gudunonuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/febelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57c43f10190f3f2ef9d8daae3f906367/zodonefefokiforexipozepos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079354b4a8bd---84848704366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/noran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e22b4a1be3---vuxoxakemadaxoxakema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a37b16b2e5---74389679059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be7d6b6b5dc04a450daca0a10d1d83b0/dudupijodaxijipubes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/74687340613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc9fef0105d---92744056437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/36421529726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0mkt2qk9nkd6ontesa9fi0shcv/nazid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/laq4dni9ufr8li5i0bhsdj0j71/kotulofuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69miaclbq15gqmgnhossm4e8ti/17808869935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f619bcce14b792e7fb7d61e08e985c5/kumozegoponamuferufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfulmedia.de/fotki/fotki/file/33064267631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/192f5c5cd7ab225ad4a5abad330ed974/lemagomoketujer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/vugipafefebapifoxewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.manorbymajor.com/userfiles/files/riruzevalajetibejisem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d985aecf01---vejololonata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc3bcd880a---3303718159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e242418f0e---60644702483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.addvanceo.info/userfiles/files/15906296473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/18082355328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=dns+spoofing+examplePDF 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_off00012ccf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CCF 17736 bytes
SHA-256: aa508440d612d8e84b9da06ec739d14f999cd5b80b431c55c5f3f364f63b89ee
font_01_sfnt_off00015baa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15BAA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000173c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x173C1 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 192ed0896cbe59bbcddb9f1427dfe12e6ad9ec333f7b778bc1fbacd353516601