Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 411e9674c1ac6a15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:52:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ff5d8c367c1c61e15e8398e28e0875a4 SHA-1: 7cceb6b0789e4438877f20d4ec6851cf71ec742b SHA-256: 411e9674c1ac6a15d816134e85eb08f6dd73eb3b396664900e8acd170aa25b30
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories, a common technique for hosting malicious files or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db187e4cc0---penajapuxison.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0700edd68c---guzuzigagebajesovewewuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rijst.nu/userfiles/file/dofubidor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3042e1b372---tegebazorupimemepibasigem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/15959042848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2538305f2c---59882229617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5671564d6e---jakikotokawolimujepabat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/vezutelinox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797d18aaf7b---56869010298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160faadef84109---89487982630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pmlkj1745akbh0jfjpoq5taf4c/dijivawenanewewokadem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsnpharma.com/upload/files/7049425886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t2t5f920qt7paob5kk3sfp0svm/82554829840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budka39.ru/files/4593480990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ba6f4dc9e9f6f734e91c3ab867b198b/nitovana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanbittinger.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/71971107869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a91b891545d653048656b2416b062f0b/23443822428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dogafiguri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/67880534604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddservice-bmw.pl/userfiles/file/31077500173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9d2af9c088---5265310958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pravkniga.ru/files/userfiles/files/sitaromekilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cavusofis.com/images_upload/files/887716572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=keyboard+typing+practice+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78130020726.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_off0000d5fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5FD 17840 bytes
SHA-256: 6fdba776766ae0ba79d2de187b76e2d57a1a62dc4639f612d24b3a940309427d
font_01_sfnt_off0001045d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1045D 10824 bytes
SHA-256: bf7635e862dba004d26c17fffe8e3674db590a20f580a2d5fe8f2661eec1f77f
font_02_sfnt_off00011d10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1