Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 263181a1aea3135e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:11:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d0c039e6b7cf3dc5bad03da7025308e0 SHA-1: 0331b2dea3b4eb7adb31df85ed4de23fa2c150a4 SHA-256: 263181a1aea3135ed3c023ae7dd3c22d3aac481c13e18864503ba212f0d699ab
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for SEO manipulation or to distribute further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct user-facing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7cccbd78afbeaa6e6bc37858a6df06d/89676195516.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611559599a696---59801365538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaziogluenerji.com/images_upload/files/83027357332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/jirowuwarewuxaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igabana.com/upfolder/e/files/20210819152620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3eeb07e3d---linotukowijojulepusatifok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gptools.net/userfiles/file/60218068741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9a0ccb6fce---levutusifedaruritekuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chochosanencino.com/uploads/files/kudizuxukufinepegizimude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismocorteerbatici.it/userfiles/files/janofomiroxofog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2cd3eccc01---46882453746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.disbel.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/88607689209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rpdev.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miranizemokurepimigezuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franzoesischebulldoggen.eu/userfiles/file/25978324288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021070611441017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9ef27039e---zubimewifet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabinetortodontyczny.eu/userfiles/file/24193558032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fokusmedia.com/images/uploads/gimexiwawapudebunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc08ac9cb7---zetavukakixutami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkxhjfc.ltd/uploads/files/20210819232037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kojeneckezbozi.eu/userfiles/file/gezejapijomolak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrumbiznesurawicz.pl/userfiles/file/30091540275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d59590a149---disakirijutetufizoramose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021062219321572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=mental+health+worksheets+for+high+school+studentsPDF 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_off0000d19c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD19C 17700 bytes
SHA-256: e7c1ee0e87b8b90efab13748595f69437f6a5717d511ae9d097957b4c24d4e6b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFCE 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 5a85edc8067d585526c503af68633aba770a9b17e7a596d62aae87d258fa65f4
font_02_sfnt_off00011946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11946 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1