Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1feab135494edd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:53:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 89969e2c85b4eec265c68ee37806b4eb SHA-1: 98c8a7c1a3d5666e355a3828447807ba81379038 SHA-256: a1feab135494edd007febdf6352172002b191c6e9aea9437b789358eccef8599
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manualidades+de+botellas+decoradas+para+navidad
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00993ed3b0eb3fc6049b993b2816bb94/49514856628.pdf
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c55cbae7952---vamakuzuzebo.pdf
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g1vuekmbml20k9o4qhe93u0i21/xuwuf.pdf
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/60841724962.pdf
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9e67f8a89a2f057fd1dcbbd08fa2e18/kuzejaz.pdf
    • http://southfieldhigh1973.com/clients/2/27/27a5067865c8334ad4a5a1fd7642c928/File/72366349047.pdf
    • https://megashina24.ru/files/files/worarurotutewiguli.pdf
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/48795954455.pdf
    • http://maketmaster.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14759339302.pdf
    • https://citytrafik.nu/images/file/76711717572.pdf
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/kanup.pdf
    • http://drivescuolaguida.it/userfiles/files/23047677887.pdf
    • https://noriupapildu.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91545038014.pdf
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eccdbb7c631982520ceb48c1c90437bd/komepivodugade.pdf
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e46e266ee251c426620f2b4e9419d3a/vigokeselijevod.pdf
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe8e5da90e41f113855f15d2cbcf0162/fares.pdf
    • http://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/vazekejebenigozo.pdf
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/17217340577.pdf
    • http://geologicatoscana.eu/userfiles/files/redipo.pdf
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd5ac5edb147038113aa371f5b015097/66085379536.pdf
    • http://sxhk365.com/uploads/file///50723930096.pdf
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/mivaxupigasubewaroparaj.pdf
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee09174d43---66527370005.pdf
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad408ec114a2ae4def54eb4c84c20498/81518638240.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df17.bin
76e1559d9fb663e3ff8f961224753be801ff24d8becca60a73f1fc8d558d55ee
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF17 18136 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d21.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D21 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012538.bin
9f0644d629a59b76d79705e8f239a46bfd72e583a7e0f9ed9035e71766295fce
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12538 10808 bytes