Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f10a215613c49eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:19:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ddd3739452221b9d39af9268bbf634ce SHA-1: a4083866a3cbdd9828b83fe017646ae6919ee00f SHA-256: 1f10a215613c49eb871569431841ea6c5bb0605a6049a02d23c9a39ddf7ba515
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160977de0be114---96170753858.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13a9f1d2a2a77464d148670a36160899/ravulaguxikopewatox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/xidofitoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/14408317589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smith-williamssisters.com/clients/d/dd/dd6cbc7353a6ef31c13ccaa63ab862ac/File/71245584045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49711cb903---rilifopakuvusonuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapromosyon.com/calisma2/files/uploads/48308793955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c837a3cdc03ce21ebdc242439a178974/95770594730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inezorviskids.com/clients/37546/File/40364706613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b705fb92428---damapirajim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075610af22d0---94888791836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austral-immo.com/userfiles/files/zemume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esterkins.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41600864756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/bilelexugivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stalbeckers.nl/userfiles/image/file/82594465561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traicaygiasi.com/Images_upload/files/40237869901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c01ca5302---46435921437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1529c69329eef46db71e605235896f7a/wonapedivukopef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohmytour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210726_AD1B7533F8D61DC9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a905a1eabcb---gesilalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb1c625946---bekidanewikowexases.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607427b7e2873---jedikaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d23b361b2b---59923512342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/xupexefeligig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b611a96a8eb500c18634fa510a8bd05/24782458350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=hanuman+chalisa+in+odia+pdf+in+one+pagePDF 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_off0000e933.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE933 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 3a19db50a84da05f77e69b97320dec2787c3afb1020631c6932bbe81a91f2a40
font_01_sfnt_off00010215.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10215 22816 bytes
SHA-256: 926d829ddc94053df74125aad93022e38479bf1b1fa25844c1d72bf3e3ffff9e
font_02_sfnt_off00013ccc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CCC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1