Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f35505157f7af75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-13 16:44:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 51e0c64aa9a5546966df4c8beb470d03 SHA-1: 38b24f8f88b85692411a032bb4437e5fe609c6dd SHA-256: 1f35505157f7af75deb138c140c09512d22926e85a4cdef5806d0816e670eae2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and UTM parameters in URLs points towards a coordinated effort to lure victims.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=language+for+everyone PDF link annotation
    • https://lesfeesdelhetre.fr/upload/files/sasoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7012f3c17---30893678461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1b1b0985f---94829255748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/84925224610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjbtrh.com/files/pic/file/26823479532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euredit-editions.com/userfiles/file/lopopizij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e19930aaf72---2579800390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094eca605fb3---kitefovudiratogiwerovenow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/97307444943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/agbkdfeq7s3m6motqpu87hpq6c/97187353557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurier48.pl/files/userfiles/file/65251259862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9146215f40---41906261627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89uttd0fr50vvj9dpgdhu1rj03/towovipatoxixumizavize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c28aec8dc35---pigeduduranuvijikemoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobilgold.com/file/zabogaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d12b685c9de395b774cb50d5e982b6f/dafisanedet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a301f9d749c72ab88b9ac8c71b422107/97557691074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m1u3jtq0ce74gg3mkfr0ea8nbt/vibemozagibire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941904d1487---wikinipoxojeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aplus.to/userfiles/file/49900605391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dd07a9e38---binasegoxikefeledikugune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banktapeunadana.com/tapeunadana/bank2/admin/userfiles/file/50359984836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/7764317050.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_off0000eeee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEEE 10220 bytes
SHA-256: d568131a63cf8648a9c0dc2a29499c8b4b947e426a99fd97e0d59bf8e52b0362
font_01_sfnt_off00010604.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10604 17048 bytes
SHA-256: 567209e5b7f4057af738552b0ea75bee93043b09bbea045d10877ea921d801ff
font_02_sfnt_off0001321b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1321B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1