Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ed3c7a5ff781b5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:50:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 35f5b8000b6c5a5cf210177d3612c256 SHA-1: d78b06542612639d27b19da472b164332b884d25 SHA-256: 1ed3c7a5ff781b5d9121d21421f4063d1ab96b74478286849914572dc2a100f7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tooth+development+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://saptpadi.com/files/file/93671038704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b753f6a853c---72168463667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pamukoglu.com/userfiles/file/87662178987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c40a3222dc265b4cbc4494c324753d4/nefakojozax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/pizebujebegatoruro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4794e01513---sobulovinetukebipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnsgafgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/didirikaturuvofoladenupef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valaisconsulting.ch/file/75323422926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b0f2a2457c299e57d9f6aa0806833bd/32450540098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e551b8b86e---kijeriperafevokaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a894de775dff15455762f37e24aba7c/farusefiruwatiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxigazim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce7b9f59825---50878707318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.astmalek.cz/obrazky/file/33979050179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/fixapevurowubozati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a4e1e2105650d0f24a9079ec2ecab3d/binubokovusuwewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minegociomiweb.com/userfiles/file/37964025705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0fa1389272---84181514373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/segutij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3iq37r00n2i5mvkj58sbthsqg/94093790785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthodoxnews.us/file/65979703796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0430691a862a0512d841a5b55d9dee9e/dobexixapibidowalalur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ad74267b1---fefamisawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/88282210689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/78891395003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9a3faa1be---12900503597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/92589795492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000faf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAF0 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 2284c073f7b9e0b8813e5813a3b8100bc1fbc40dc9ef3e112b64a30827aa8ddf
font_01_sfnt_off000111d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111D4 17068 bytes
SHA-256: 974b78d9aeb65b2787380d0a46c915efb673db7b3ef52e7244dac8e728103e1a
font_02_sfnt_off00013dbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DBF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1