Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1d66cd92aea41c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-07-25 16:57:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: fe19c36613cec394aa998b73fabb83b7 SHA-1: 079abf29587c1c9322c0a4269ce920e72568da01 SHA-256: a1d66cd92aea41c3a42baf6cd91ec6a5e8d54b6b06d75e060dcfd8721439975d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://phannhan.vn/files/usersfiles/files/23168779451.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://izdo.org/img/userfiles/files/rakabakefega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1l8f5v4dsk65jqrsnuv0461eh/duduwufuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.comarticle_ressources/file/povanakomiboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lev-steklo.ru/userfiles/file/luvitasemelesixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607faa589f032---93825884424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf8276e3e2---41197286748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2231f506a3470ac13be1e65dafc4e31a/45806210132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850013e1c73---84327064674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/6736821507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160972c6269c6a---12536072349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc5a65d091---simagojesaxidibumaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30a850f512---wiwomenotodemufefel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jirehenl.com/userfiles/file/191714197511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markasib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwipakiduzupukofapedowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giritrademark.com/content_files/files/jakonoluzarisofikaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c7a2cb2c1---55441194444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/omptckghb1ammf3gm1uhscmk62/dewatijevokoxeber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/67790691060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e511c510ba---15364012836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/032c1410bdeafd205e3b6b71c95df93c/bovopuwexopoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cceea83d57c4cd9151f7ecc0294b1158/79206721314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c04ac108e0d---wubuwafunul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=interactions+in+ecosystems+answer+keyPDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/56603129904.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_off000110a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000128b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128B2 16972 bytes
SHA-256: 80762992baf42364c8ceee7f5342e3cbb5b14755b2de8523c8b1317dac275ca8
font_02_sfnt_off0001552f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1552F 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 306144485c89fd53e3868668b1289ba7ec113e8c4986209f7142dc747a659bf9