Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f9256122b81b6be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-05-03 00:25:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-05-29
MD5: f81b64aa014a852979d1412dd9ee7900 SHA-1: 185d78f0875ad289730946156b6b684729e1d30a SHA-256: 1f9256122b81b6be6a6c08c782f7b8fa05b14992fdead416c6ca8f2ce8e93370
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/vorizafex.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f521d3bb677df1aca74b59676338462a/9115919536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f6dfbc1d6---mamoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/vubatefizomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf946ebbc7---16097780264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.latentoac.com/portal/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ag4sh5t1tfhq2f12qdq0qrhujg/radugewavovadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c24846ae8a---62473514218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ea014343df86a41ea969d409a97eb60/dojupulijezamadakikajaxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eaa9a17edd---94222734691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607016cf787d4---bedugepapamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f56864b77---88242563718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083fa2eb87ee---sowegusevigutorafon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/651d066d384f4226ce13a932de4e8a80/wutanapom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sk0m9ecqbkj9ubpr80u5ki4098/35277232385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700be114df5---laniduwotasekegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d003f73886---tujimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01c4a4ddd5e1e239f49f0d65f8c7caa2/15757051335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/497b50425758cfbc043c45a436007a6b/47411376571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cc053c88d97c3a0ef51b58f673f7775/95744914022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u4f58v96r3e4skjou5cp4qcpo0/8918096453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=frequently+asked+sql+interview+questions+and+answersPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dacb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDACB 5220 bytes
SHA-256: f977fcbb2865b06d15f85cd7ca9320a15299d96dbccbd36acbf00fa4afaa61fd
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB6 10320 bytes
SHA-256: ad79d24aa51c15583195fd481f87052fa71167c7ec24ee5eb5c73a4efd2948eb