Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fb9da9f7e97c625…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-08-06 01:00:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-07
MD5: e9164ba6562906878abfa90a870c482c SHA-1: 2c52a7dd34e6d8a22582bd86c5c83f7239faec3f SHA-256: 1fb9da9f7e97c62565000b96a65e943468432fae4d87fd163958fa80400a1bcc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it's a password-protected archive lure. The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. While no scripts were directly extracted, the overall pattern points to a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609844a47ff94---pufube.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://j-kowalewski.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/61408737453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bebdd800f95---wofekepowuzesesurirexobop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saammohaseb.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47661ff767c1b3e6e03849bedc92be4a/42597276055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ea93939cd---51166571983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b123b62cb8---jadileguri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colescastle.com/clients/875019/File/majutuzanemadawazagelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emailreceptionist.net/userfiles/file/51724334029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b365e59cb1e---86015829578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/949eb2692e38ab12fc52e185b795979c/nibetijegoxakedesuzogod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7aa9dbf523---46583009423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ufolep-69.com/contenus/files/razepofogafanego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19ca1c3dc244e480bdd3b6de338d2e9a/4106751546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/091064721ee7bf1b4d4633b7931dacd7/66586904722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc56520ba28---xuzojinuwodozixobupuguwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/tujapodoluduzevakedikixef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d554cf8a2d016e002f6595e324d744e6/27643813539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be5d62487be500f6d9cb1ebf47082ed4/90046843280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6238da5fb---fotaxowilabit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce7baf04b5---56549172233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sddshchb.com/userfiles/file/Fl202107311345477527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teacherandtraining.com/coj_u/KK/userfiles/files/rodogaduxinudirevegesux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thangmayedex.com/webroot/img/files/79112683856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theaterbuehne-schwandorf.de/userfiles/file/15483877018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+ball+heroes+ultimate+mission+rom+englishPDF 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_off0000c711.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC711 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000df23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF23 16492 bytes
SHA-256: 3b165e23812a4c68b671f905afaea70d3f999f453389a6ff358a6e05114a025f
font_02_sfnt_off00010a1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A1E 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 806fd8b0eefa91616f3933d257470c891bebcfd3d904dcd1caa3a3d97866cbc7