Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1f1ca383614807b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-10-22 20:12:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 081e2ab89c6bdc661e722444b7d3e5ad SHA-1: 01d81b409f56ae42c2d94e694217f7557236d60c SHA-256: a1f1ca383614807b57d5837cb0a3c0c002b40faa37c3d5f733f3d57d057ea2c9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+crucible+key+quotes PDF link annotation
    • http://euroteam.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/jeperuvejuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coral-travel66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zusuruto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/duvopotugesugoxeges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16159364f1e518---kiwojamudujun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/333t27mmqb38e2001agk8ahnu8/5192570209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speckletrack.com/update/editor/file/54231686017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegnasrl.com/userfiles/files/59674411076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marienoellebermond.com/img/uploaded/file/wemamozelidupuliwape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161442eddcb367---xejofewitolur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/29850888242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahjygjg.com/upload_fck/file/2021-10-5/20211005163542557542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phubozena.pl/userfiles/file/96732613121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.com/files/usersfiles/files/44433954659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architectureanddesign.it/userfiles/files/85011186098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaseowon.com/ckupload/files/tosusepiviguzifavuferuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ig-einheitsloks.de/medien/file/raxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guptajimarriagebureau.com/userfiles/file/4060657043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/99696595329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://araprinter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zovusirise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marmaraisg.com/images_upload/files/39621466396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eptesteplelek.com/uploads/file/wogexulonabizigos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o87kfqgogevhimnp75o8i6qu94/40894612963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honderhotel.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20211003200609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/fejufaxutupukegisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16166233798e81---9539659611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbanoilandgas.com/file/files/lefatux.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_off00010a44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A44 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 03ceb38a8328f71dd7eea8a4358ac068195d33fb4cdcac62f8f39c919ed962a1
font_01_sfnt_off000122b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013aca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ACA 17996 bytes
SHA-256: 4ec30d36bdd037bbccb41be07dfb7d139d40802641bf26cb586cdb4e4d03138e