Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1a3ae5a61b20d47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:47:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8e760f3d55b126cb43076c4bf5ab6c29 SHA-1: 92f42484203b7607523d7f33af8def3ba7839bc8 SHA-256: a1a3ae5a61b20d47591a991fe77b43a74eb2c7ab64fcbd46f8074ab9be337b7b
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_URI and EMBEDDED_URL heuristics further supports the attack pattern of luring users to external sites. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL distribution are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8655

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7b7993ec0f---39749180373.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/kowovugixotixovola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161138e50597fe---kilamosafonunatafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eghamatsafar.ir/basefile/eghamatsafar/files/97097432490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd849e8714---57984522575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://security-m.jp/tool/images/file/11897658710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maquinandoysubastando.com/dleyes/admin/fotos/file/tujawag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/12745469988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colleges-in-tamilnadu.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/88543815964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742a2378958---lukopagowolorivukapuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aydinservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69460073348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6591371654d4d1f34e0335b233480149/24534043491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alugutader.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60558808369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/nebupaloxonagaritamezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulrike-mayer.de/userfiles/files/ponuzokinixur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/zivigezomepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c679d212515---tesigoxusonaxiweroleluxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b180e0bfc84---pesaxukemazunerikulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waltwhitmanclassof1965.com/clients/c/cc/ccbfa8a87e297cd67510599b8aebcb74/File/90930993574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billagelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kafetebatutetegasobofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantipplaza.com/userfiles/file/78493402708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/bipadubuzufod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://micronforgacsolo.hu/UserFiles/file/80562304970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=concours+douane+2019+senegal+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000c50b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC50B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD22 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 7f121b81012ba934c1e2e89d08ba6e0f673642e9795fa85dad0caa1b0a43cb23
font_02_sfnt_off0000f75c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF75C 19616 bytes
SHA-256: a1cff56bce0793c6cb66d61daaa440640f04fc75368c13ad235d33a21632df1f