Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e818c482e1f7140…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:15:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 94ae227197a5881b265276e51fedd5c8 SHA-1: 91707c7176bc57a3954a64a9f515afdc550359e2 SHA-256: 1e818c482e1f7140152421f7fc9ce5ba45d2e63d80e7b4f565a058c138e8566a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is a PDF containing numerous links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.prctech-th.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35756971937.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://timavoshipsupply.it/userfiles/file/supazokugaruxefer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silver1979.com/upload/file/24681287478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiwum.wyryki.eu/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67827177981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/muvajiwifosufapabojazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomlitkom.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19510394154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853a1e2e57f---25744613901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd064e9bb8a---ninetunatajitotadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praxis-greve-polley.de/web/editor/files/suvopudedekobezogonosol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0bcd5d7b1---47990713350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75431371739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/79937154962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2psvkceqra4jn6o330bgototu0/jamamobaxulonasojewaruram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dptech.vn/uploads/files/37016472004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-esc.net/user_img/files/lukanopumiraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchofgodinjamaica.org/app/webroot/files/fetikadulavevifelaminob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htapigroup3.com/contents//files/wijilisibowuxikesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d89486df0a296a915957303d2c35d4f/28625404294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indovinandoilmondo.it/themes/userfiles//files/nivajekakevupetano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysilo.com/upload/ckfinder/files/40914364262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ae9d5900b9f37b615f6ffe1c9e4e679/bugopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9cc54107e819f7e22fd8af89c49c78a/91730107203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77cfa1b192---88251202099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dawahcity.com/userfiles/file/48085707371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=define+iron+deficiency+anemiaPDF 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_off0000be4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE4B 10440 bytes
SHA-256: e9f86404bac9e79b024ca439f9c1ad8e2bd9e5a88449be1799bbc96c38ec87dc
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5EB 15624 bytes
SHA-256: c2240537d76f2dbcd682d8bf114325fdca23c22ac796033e6a37f99acce9225b
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1