Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fe6285440819b8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-08-11 09:09:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6807c546401e17b3d5312047ae551902 SHA-1: 05ee2e5c6de04ae8ed9ddd0491f020ac66360a0d SHA-256: 1fe6285440819b8f989857a673f0797bf40626ee6c38a86769840be2430b01d9
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, likely to host or redirect to malicious payloads. The presence of embedded JavaScript further supports its role as a downloader or exploit delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a0f1a50351---33970634550.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8ef86e7cd---nuselugifosigudesoduzepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bor-diing.com/upload/files/nevisazolog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/38517352991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/20207962228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piataafacerilor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/tijupojusiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hajni.pl/userfiles/file/49442045031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74599976932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zop.bg/webroot/img/content/files/sovemevawikaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e89cc8696ad6d99c83146b0359850ced/temomaboresofonugija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/gakilonuwulusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/watejegisutonafog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d79a6e37d3---99390618119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchlink.org/userfiles//file/5094423955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notariocprietoa.com/notaria/documentos/files/98606521262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26ed68f22f2de9df6314adeb96c7a703/ralukebisowutif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/82438800851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taociren.com/upload/file/210810115707812501c2rgd42muczx.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4a4a239ae---24574970862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5e594ee8a072f69a797c18c9249a89a/vuremate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhsclassof1971.com/clients/74120/File/gasupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6987865a3d---vabexetadedipugen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b19983614---86343553794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5005bae19afd46c13418e95c0b14d51/21713900594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+a+nonprofit+budgetPDF 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_off0000fb7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB7F 16888 bytes
SHA-256: 9b25e571be4af0edc7f0f634dbb390ef89c5baca6f5b6788934fbb69d7991e2c
font_01_sfnt_off000127a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127A2 11036 bytes
SHA-256: abcf0de280dd0e17eec03c32be3bfdf19fbb761cbead762fc85a54dfc05589a1
font_02_sfnt_off000140d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1