Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fa998d3bca4f2e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:43:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 25927a115d841223d35066e7ecbe4e5f SHA-1: 3a7babe3eb8738a6c0d91a355b19850ad273cff6 SHA-256: 1fa998d3bca4f2e6bfcb17c5ba836e6353862b32d7f397aadb4002a4a4fe8f49
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites hosted on compromised CMS upload storage and disposable domains, a common tactic for distributing phishing lures or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or a downloader. No scripts were extracted, so the primary attack vector appears to be the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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 http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/2769701034.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sharadsangam.org/UserFilesTwo/file/sunipapilafojojelalom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c6ca9bfc5f2f7c5831a42febe17de51/kulizipafasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b27b8cf5dfedb4bdee2170f3940d16f9/34043198465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c15902c565d---sowazukuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07eume7mte3gphsetoenrqnrng/64843454821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkathirilaw.com/userfiles/files/vibugoborosixevovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f90a2dcd19---58637558156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/dikebifumagexuzekugujike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/11340095407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lahma.pl/_u/userfiles/file/zusada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assytekservizi.com/userfiles/files/44162921935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/67899760503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belv.ru/userfiles/file/47526195789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzmanwebci.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zowuxurazupaguwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anbao.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/lixusitikozuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/2593334340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/rumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/gubiguvedarekisuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cdc42a58f823169d19fb52c5cc0e1e7/71901314761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/nafezan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e2708825b4036444aa37fe56de919ea/xolaligila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upaspor.com/resimler/files/80968306763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd22f859f5---85743026096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://herfection.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210702144922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lulanjina.net/upload/files/63173228406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=johnson+ruffling+machine+manualPDF 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_off0000fa34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011246.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11246 19976 bytes
SHA-256: c81a0d328294c78d52533f0d3e73a6ca867b03cad526811ea91d481a3f82701a
font_02_sfnt_off00014651.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14651 10776 bytes
SHA-256: baf2caa7cadf5921828106b4302b7d0f0b72689e69efa99b885ccb5da942dbca