Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f436e2a304e11c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:34:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cd3d0057a4d3df5e46ddd159d38e19bd SHA-1: 6fae60c8f575f3032bc9b931347932b67b266f8a SHA-256: 1f436e2a304e11c96edbba09af6b6e2b0f7448e8ce7db30bc41badda09412fab
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://delphin-bau.com/ckfinder/upload/files/72839888114.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qchsclg6lqkniloi9sjhrn8aph/74931080766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7q2aek58ttlsuj2hujtbti9lsq/29547943540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoletiziamasciotta.eu/userfiles/files/guzuzebugute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/52563303987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609661d1da328---mogigumifowize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cad1c4a83---29407671322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608284b7a1358---terikitafepatizepenodedaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875e41f0433---26171613998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100a08857cce---buwikasumotirexezape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e30d19a58---47250051791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f99f50646---9953204378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satit.nrru.ac.th/satit/_Adminis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dizarejikigiperumowiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpt.taipei/asset/uploads/files/masatejorawubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/76652379561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/20458395592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cutskytools.com/d/files/paxibele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bassbasement.org/userfiles/file/pibowerugima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6c809e96c---vodosuzelebopofawezifopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/42489309890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8561417732---sasuviduvavonotobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdw-wolf.de/backend/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60856720724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/1072617683608e7c1d3836b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/fojugozefezugufuduwivebol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+tell+if+someone+deleted+their+snapchatPDF 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_off0000dfe8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE8 17520 bytes
SHA-256: 23cfea2df6db3a034fc11269872bf57edcb04d5547600059d23354373c95b629
font_01_sfnt_off00010ccd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CCD 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 00fd23b275c6e9c1ef37c344af2672a9ef2137d7ecd4ac68d055a69c3ef5cd3c
font_02_sfnt_off0001260b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1260B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1