Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ea413a7c66cb58b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:31:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9f60700fd8451c96fc3c186dd0133b42 SHA-1: ce466150340fd732033ee4b6dd3abb749f3c7192 SHA-256: 1ea413a7c66cb58b8d6abc32d0b7eab55043748eaa9404b534146612698d3928
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to these external sites, likely for phishing or to download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://italiangreyhound.pl/img1/userfiles/file/94519047764.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/liguvukule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/37681674158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playindiano1.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jated.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a906281c33b---82959795749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/gugisixolusukimovodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98922ef387e220c0b4fadf2fde574ed5/63812890958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/maxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ge1pr6fug5mh2d48529sn0kggv/75120440374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247hvac.ca/fabulous1/uploads/files/gefitokujalenojivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca137812e94---31239270004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/fajemuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddce1554607---wobasogujesudazebif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/720c06c6cdd294c36fd2b94f331d5e1b/67501577398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70709451714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/54484630001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camgloberealtor.com/userfiles/file/96828683573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9dfc71ab5---95374103152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etnorom.hu/pictures/zixuzofijotopasifabawej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/25380203054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/detenefigazirimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qbn4ehclhkra3l199uha5j2vkp/42397593826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd20becde4---91104467064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=overtourism+solutions+pdfPDF 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_off0000ccaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCAA 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 87a1276e275860ad03a6aeee68fd5be7f5a484a7a4c7c241ed48f465a091bf32
font_01_sfnt_off0000e531.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE531 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD43 17580 bytes
SHA-256: 047c0bfa81ec951224b87ef9a64736bac152b44c15bf0f6934966b71a373c6f9