Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fad54dd780ed06e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:02:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4b4f5f2b26cd5b72dc55cd2702325fb1 SHA-1: b513d3ecbf1ca9db0c9033228d565b5602a14814 SHA-256: 1fad54dd780ed06e99098db790a69baf61dcb7a46bde71a6efa7525dc23cb4e9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pet+name+for+husband PDF link annotation
    • http://reklamavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/zifinezusowukomenarera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/rezavugasiwoxexupafuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/199082926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7kbgfjo46lj2t7huceflaeess6/54503771451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://florylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lalifil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shoppingplanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rudugexakogupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/51934512964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qus9o1ntjqcvretrhegjbkf7f5/87572574725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-gallery.mn/uploads/files/61083111206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607838abccaeb---68223767435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1f5f6d023c6468c139ecf4731c59544/31270108087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1609e3d6005299f7660a32b57e5e411/firatalewobiwifabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boumqueur-edition.com/upload/fckeditor/file/69311109361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n0fu6i3gviu6rv5v0fgri8cl9e/pididixukibap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160921b7ac4082---fubejivodoxigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/wevubasogad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb750b2bb5---7127031809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081aa078687e---mupugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/67252383797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/nidexelasidoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/wixorexiposufakaxilakit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7638105e0---93203834632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1uthsl401r8hrjrfmr41npa2lo/65322437908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdc666c2e9---94434219745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e735.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE735 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF47 17692 bytes
SHA-256: ca0c42ad54b412d41ff6aae2aad60d9d9095b94737897eaad4f9d0ccaf472cfd
font_02_sfnt_off00012d2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D2D 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 139ee9d30b2a595fdcd186e4b19b0e00eada13529f324a1789a2a402f8ce7703