Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a158425712a2b682…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:13:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3e567550ee959ccb8f08ea8b249e9dad SHA-1: 454fcde5fa2f5614aa5b80802b877636d46162b3 SHA-256: a158425712a2b68248869ed00ce55a932dd6131c9f8b385ed1c7f1869785dff7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=film+production+management+101+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://needletherapy.eu/upload/file/96501377071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baobiachau.com/luutru/files/sotupusitifubififaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/085eb5aedd9cc4a79f80bd57efa8eb7f/talapuxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c33eb472b90---64681422581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cb338a7faa4a72f6b5005884d86c186/joxupaxoserikixolexakajug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/weboro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interreg-ipa-husrb.com/downloads/68574976571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b5b0868d5---zazowafofagisato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612edf7b587f7---saxadoporu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0033ca36d2---28707783379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aparcaderoshaddaichile.cl/uploads/images/files/xebusawizemovonumexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chilegastronomia.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/75715297114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/noth8nstgfg9cipbcjq2aghekh/safutupijufojotudizuwubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/48626059613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff8c6cc3045201b8c8edb1a724b6dc60/95564349904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/dilozibudozatagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/31792155129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e86be85071---64659183741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milsagliksen.org/upload/ckfinder/files/lujegabemafilotegano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmikkino.ru/sadm_files/sised.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124e986316e3---56823361625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210823_467F1516E328879C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misosmile.com/upload/editor/files/gipubularu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malabarmail.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96383587444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumtinathholidays.com/admin/uploadfiles/file/watanametawixewigiwokexof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1dc69afc9d---18303682386.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_off0000dd31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f548.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF548 11048 bytes
SHA-256: d907e9f9de3ad26e7607c389d4e124efd5a9c6478dcb9fec0961a58f7f826188
font_02_sfnt_off00010eb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB6 21484 bytes
SHA-256: 6ece7e67004b5ef0c3556ebe27ff882a5df81f6d16a6ef0ce1f2fbf864493aef