Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1a39e56d6179ae9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 12:43:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: e5aed345e1a17d40d32776d3a34438da SHA-1: b9344ca6ff2d13e944d7528c209c5890e4bfd59f SHA-256: a1a39e56d6179ae99a1c83c9f6407967af754ad56c55422f8b26f9d58ec8424a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=reason+and+emotion+in+psychotherapy+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://codecs.roimages/file/17134859973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camionespanamericana.com/userfiles/file/57466968162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607066b100a31---84791542123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd4c1e4067---nozadumomikugugurugomex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topoint.cc/userfiles/fckFile/20210627023600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4ebda067e05abe0bb7750c7cf58c5c7/5365197132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/sigofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biemmecommerciale.eu/userfiles/files/90110535971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608904e0698d0---kisinipifupidimijivuxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b11328a3316---64373839744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c125304f4b0---kivopelezuzavira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160981fa115290---1291980212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bu49ql32080q8f05o8osk3nvas/winorabiwitovigelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/18226100278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e9684886d---14925023672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orchid-daikanyama.com/userfiles/file/68661967691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ridovoverilijarexebudap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4406be682b---tatajovadenex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jerseyshorepirates.com/userfiles/files/34868711353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speeddating.lt/speeddating/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47995912179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a841ec0633f7a5b4cd5b984d370db40/68994202323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkmdc.com/aversystem.com/userfiles/file/rugokiragawizonon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80e3248f21b6fecbfb915ad712d45ede/fifusopefipifitufomim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9470fda50c9a25fee9e5fe2eae0e3e14/gagalotobukeselefeva.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_off00010f75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F75 17176 bytes
SHA-256: bb4e971157d00b82b4a102d0af891ab3ebba7981829f94ea3ad4dab9f8deaa64
font_01_sfnt_off00013c60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015477.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15477 11000 bytes
SHA-256: aca6171da1c07dfde9b140d329a4462a0c65de42e9530ea69a92682022b07f96

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