Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fa290b84726e11a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:49:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c2b7d1be0b02b587196a65df0a1bdf25 SHA-1: 38821be8e28e99a98fb67fe8452542c842bd4595 SHA-256: 1fa290b84726e11a97afad1ec2a2280d36d084381dd1c79cdfeb43b8f55dcd4d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms 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 malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oubhlbmhulqnjdglh9j543ngu4/8768867808.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb6f9505c68e5ba62b1f09ef30654462/23103779653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/wufaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttljf1rh1dhh2c0un0qm12i1k4/perokezipodawajot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/68347939562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostoncake888.com/UserFiles/files/muximepulono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdtrafficticketlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/39328122623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.org/upload/nezirajepolimuradelox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/mamaluzuvemejud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/29974381769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736bfc92e42---22257187208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4092faeb22---5105434381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099903867412---jubemufamatefubido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/dajezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/87227613004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094f27058065---25391941075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/098f7c87ca4e82a44da8b02ab900fd3c/78800282033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10f6b21d1e---34724032748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eitmedu.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49651974495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobas24.pl/Upload/file/mulekagibakaniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/pokeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s3rlimkmpiqmjqabfc70pjb7mv/79351435857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c7ea589a580e8341f16a6b9fd3f8a9b/9320189160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kar360.com/resimler/files/82028146732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/famunelagamumazijajegefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f53564aa2f4---xuvevopubadimutidedofiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=websphere+application+server+9+administration+guide+pdfPDF 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_off00011e51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E51 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013668.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13668 11532 bytes
SHA-256: a0294cd83614ec282d64f01e406d077803429c89b68ad3f857d352307b628a29
font_02_sfnt_off0001512f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1512F 17732 bytes
SHA-256: 3c1a176006d3b5658e0888102eaab441572cad29308ae780a401791191756ca9