Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ffd1ef2105a7565…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-16 23:53:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1d27719bd663387d43ca1946b2fcb573 SHA-1: cd1cd715913317abe41063dab7168646249f6962 SHA-256: 1ffd1ef2105a75651178b9cbadb4934ad77d1496e7d63ebb215080db3c4db464
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 phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF's structure and embedded links strongly suggest it is used as a lure, likely delivered via spearphishing, to direct users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/25625502437.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fceresources.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16105173832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9b9mpiiuf1apccrbkoia3c5g1/52963398803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zarir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/31461181818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607950b6e3368---97630598019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/poteni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbc4a73bf5a---66477840719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc53c787bc---leseduvalaruvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundailed.com/upload/editor/file/45421092370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videobezopasnost.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juzetugawabuxitavewosivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b65f32a1c3e---gobenufapurubatolovofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilsogno-bomboniere.com/userfiles/files/nedoxesanenov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094459590320---sesometazaginiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/79512788070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724d27907a7---5328088852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psiakocky-potisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vasixefidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-yang.tw/taiyang/upload/file/64908306536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a27ae9e226359a2d1a6d15baf1efc139/kisesotefefuxoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084177458692---tuxaseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58d25f8d081ba890871b396b2a4b730d/gibisavozisijiriduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akamercedes.com/images/uploads/files/67493657244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/1430405635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c42460c0e5---53101888610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4131a3346---27103722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hqjo5hv6delkgrp6tokgngrue5/fanigeluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/epc2b2beaohdoutr34lonr0go3/33800171045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+stop+worrying+and+start+living+summary+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_off0000f0b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000108c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108C7 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 96e4f3919eb553b67d873cce5beb015656db4b11296b2cf1f64b6ce964698c74
font_02_sfnt_off0001225b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1225B 16752 bytes
SHA-256: 8623149aa46c4d6a45e66cd920e4f07a679fcb93aab1c7df5e6e996ca520f840