Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ecf9c25f367f710…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:23:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 458ad02e41420fd5408039bc3ad42bfd SHA-1: 8c2d144259a202fa69e9eba33a67fac487e5f924 SHA-256: 1ecf9c25f367f71005bdff8cb7bd667dd105d43790c565aec5d809ae266b80e3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning attack. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cc8a12e28f0d4a05b716a46af91a2ba/nufilabuwegomobarugubido.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/38745717480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a21f15e96---17090641062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/towonojirirop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160af75c266f6c---64453720172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/13899785601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elmundodelapiscina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88405735612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipllaser.in/uploads/5098185124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuathietbi.com/upload/files/mogejabokozovipiduketamaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8701597055a3589b38cc3116b1a17789/4621267834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/76374091531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/wazese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/80001171589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5709cc881---motatujerimawixopep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlataraburmevuckovic.com//files/89177467575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preciseenergygroup.com/media/35298707579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/80280427635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volnynaklad.cz/data/file/lirowanizagifavak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rendszergazda-cegeknek.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61614647044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospel-pour-100-voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/74948810386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161047d99dc2d6---8618034998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbuffalowings.com/uploads/files/28270063162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=feminist+criticism+theory+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_off00013b1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015332.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15332 10768 bytes
SHA-256: b3b28c8898de7393107be325447ee98e24bc50cea9e8aa950174d09277f6ee1e
font_02_sfnt_off00016bc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BC2 19504 bytes
SHA-256: 87d6c3799a7341867d4a5a388e4b8d6bdce26bf5727ee203c73b1d5812f3ccde

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