Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1b43800fe9d5546…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-07-27 05:54:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 011d7932459c34c61a49b9d1aaf00069 SHA-1: 909f6ccc9a7a2bf4cd322c6906b104d943b7d63f SHA-256: a1b43800fe9d554691c809efa4c83d69cfe078d53ee4564ad1bfa4120eb3a907
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to external PDF files hosted on compromised websites, indicating a link farm or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c508cde7a8---kinakowazomosotimudox.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51319ba94a52ff280000473929efdd94/67066515695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/57950595921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xistenze.com/files/files/xetafavugidul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5bf8aa2e77---xuxafegokivepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/77121503442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9baec3fd6e419a18530d91a992e1bae/62418439934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/viwekax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquestatues.com/clients/9/91/91c6e204ee4529d3b478b0717040545d/File/vikazafobubewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e06173447b93301eea781978fe9165a6/65127556366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myveolife.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c29f7c0be539fe4d02d6f0133826642/90140790027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086fecace4bd---41018402038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srilangkapools.com/contents//files/81296021437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/sefadobumiriwarado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15ccab194cdb18606654b33328f6cb23/1132655921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1886a85a69698703d5455cc1f058d116/22551225237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozszemle.hu/uploads/files/gerorelafamezabutowabuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b8eec5771---14689111288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6e5c63a442---16008116985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebuzz.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tolinofemaxavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naosgym.com/userfiles/files/panewatiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/samafupegof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f97417110a---17422453445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnktools-th.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kozuvipogapod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jqlg9ol2166r6kk0hv1nm70a55/foravinelelumib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=analytical+geometry+3d+book+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00010223.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10223 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011a35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A35 17388 bytes
SHA-256: bbeffa7693f3f23a47815bba1cc1fe2bca60e1750091bb8c88594bf1f5db3cb8
font_02_sfnt_off0001482f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1482F 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 23ddbc3ef71c5d548246a738b5e910c6e9815089fb15441443e6bae187694f22