Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1a3335807be991c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:58:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: acc421a207d60a6a48c16bb15f75ff73 SHA-1: 7459c9e637b82be1fd811d9df258fa8fdcc4be90 SHA-256: a1a3335807be991c943ccd33c0ca16510ab109c18446d2469b60d77cc44f3523
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to malicious content or further compromise. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=seabiscuit+questions+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/32610609981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bachson.net/upload/file/towokivuromat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents//files/49270760330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aluminial.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55197986581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tukqs6oua9jho2f6duj2kuc7gn/50746122553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/zozefegelolenerotelor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/tetuviguje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ffe789660a---gogavuxufudoviwizaferi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b34eb25fd00---firem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/72556204713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/vajufemawuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sme1970reunion.com/clients/7/78/786f1e38e9ed540b4a7d4f5dbcc09398/File/bezupikuluxatubaguzixeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/rowejumuvusuposomex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5fc5612c2b4d09afe8ef2ff4dba3eb0/fidepusumavokotegurigajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eb565099f793805c496148f1f450bc6/metarekokanoxuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b545f65e5f---nitopimubepedawuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a8279f4217---vewolija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a057e835df---gokonipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantcontinuity.com/membership/data//files/wexemowejili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44104255509d046760b0f8e05b03a147/84583390490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba147c9a713---66395664300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/14975906522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albizy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/takebabapuvimirifi.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_off0000ec7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC7B 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 65d2cae55d6ee6bd7bb79a0bb86ba2d77e3d395f2caa261393f35b5dc427c9b0
font_01_sfnt_off00011b30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B30 10724 bytes
SHA-256: a09eec6b7c7e6e251a2af560b4a0dda7fcc0c48d7c37db2fba4e05520ec8e6b6
font_02_sfnt_off00013405.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13405 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1