Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1dc64485cabc366…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 02:34:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: c46bb462fb8b3036060e30dddd2e74ad SHA-1: e79522b26427f18f00e520e14f6f96f987b11da7 SHA-256: a1dc64485cabc3664a42a75b7ce8f63551c1a1b62a9c299cd5d9f2f63d027210
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as lures for phishing or to distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c860425d48e---vagiferizowub.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g3dlocl771esbdb2k9q5f2mfk0/xexupepir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082514eadacc---nagesosunukoderexur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/61165853664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3tqnqgah4u0o3nciqefio57lp/54043628461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatugigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78888978733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/66533404115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f08874002f---bujuwaxukidovesavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c879d18253eda96ac4f10e9b50505be/wozidekadovumofokat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtrinhnhaviet.vn/upload/files/roduzokavabizagas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbb99de2e27b423dc434bcc0867ad9d9/7155157490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/files/katofibozozajusinut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/41570705360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/zovapitisalonenujex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4db5db0fe---29175688175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inifd.london/uploads/file/tisebimazolosisojepopewin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oiajuemuun0ip1t7bmed4801n5/97291171667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/webavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75455928014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.axelendinggroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84a47d01ecd3b1213a8fe19dfaf0c076/99043166609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kanalprofi.at/UserFiles/file/fozogusirakomipedijazom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpgny.com/userfiles/files/fuduge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kmvi3ipan06agp4ncma7dtta5f/zilagediwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76i9erpm45j4334s1sof7ibc16/dafafizofelogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea3c430fc4---17969846513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/15098654083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=metal+used+to+galvanise+ironPDF 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_off0000e4ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4EE 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 97f352b025dc942fd8905629dfe44596912de8e826a4aa817e855715dff4b294
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD09 17156 bytes
SHA-256: 0e27f03b1ef8ab018f0a5800b33c858a24712efc0127fae3f1201eb68539551b
font_02_sfnt_off00012a02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1