Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f8e55f9d8ade5e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:56:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9323410117fcefaa0dda8f077b779ddd SHA-1: 8f5f5e732abb97652009d9dca247e8b245508e5b SHA-256: 1f8e55f9d8ade5e93cf077c5030060029fee2093440070259049fac0872b0816
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious redirection techniques.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://centaur.vri.cz/docs/files/62767612622.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55315093372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kd7p8crjp9b5o2ljafvprhpt3b/5142942010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vaq8p2eh6olbi04c4msshgf8d/radokiluwurenunidenanob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viermaalh.nl/Bottesteyn/Site/afbeeldingen/file/73366164912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adamant54.ru/userfiles/files/joletipevim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsgroupjjn.org/userfiles/file/katinuvonokafutifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gis4mbv4rjgioo9f3o06dl1h20/tilaxizowulakegasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0fee0c2db3f9b3485b4bff0cbbec41a/sizitagejanexajufaxuvibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhoffordphotography.com/temp/files/file/41862010840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/23519278552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuathepvangohaiduong.com/images/ckeditor/files/36768455596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c327aa1487---9236200391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mv51hdn9nto5arr7vrtchpbdob/76088755131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a69d1b37d11---38441745003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612176340b892---gavexej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotoner123.com/home/autotone/public_html/ckeditortest_WORKING/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52078930862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aykutemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/13274627866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twilaw.com/files/files/tazev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968a15224bf---19025198766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.net/contents//files/52505949861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenaramainc.org/clients/875997/File/xafezedewupobonawelus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99f5072d0424e572b4293aae0dff964d/tebewowobotuxetexit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darec.sk/files/files/kipejafugudovebamotafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/41998226133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radtel-sport.pl/userfiles/file/84773015279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c29a4b7489---bekasololomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=pixel+car+racer+tuning+guidePDF 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_off0000ced2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCED2 10460 bytes
SHA-256: 5227577cd8bce47819dc2501752f732ffc8d13a4ebb81107bece193b97e633ce
font_01_sfnt_off0000e673.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE673 20648 bytes
SHA-256: 8b5eaf8a493e6bbaf9df11af3bd2c38ff0d4d10149107a93f8feaf9875538169
font_02_sfnt_off00011c22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1