Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a648ed12caf5d16e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.1 KB Created: 2021-07-24 12:10:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: c0eda718164a473504cd524d54fa2da9 SHA-1: c339cd3bc762a1a3fba531d2d8f231bc07097520 SHA-256: a648ed12caf5d16e1ebeebcfefcb2b0ab91fb3dc4a63dca757c0af240ecf367b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress uploads and disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a malicious link distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://liyangah.com/Upload/file/27022099786.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bioterapiazabiegi.pl/obrazy/file/65810690337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3793faf81e4b02e76aa32a3b3f92c66/xizilajufulinuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamachine.nl/userfiles/file/51242884892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609878c815772---63256616651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atmaircenter.com/lb/userfiles/files/ligalosaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/muwilifenajavuxidunusan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/16471764902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacie.vn/web/uploads/files/befajinewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/70916057258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peoplesmodelinternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62116691269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de73d3540b---19214896575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/99770481894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/76373096226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basaritarim.net/admin/editor_resim/file/64168069008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/72711046737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/duzizegometibuneraxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9tt343lg8cguhoqdohituc8l8j/lavuwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/noludixolonusufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunde-katzen.at/soubory/gixitujisuzironukup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2766f32c39f288d48fd53d4aa781f20/leripejuvovijigaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/45657469733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b3e266b0232c7c828a118aabda7168f/safipovej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/zupowegefin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607effdbc12e2---33407464319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=dicks+sporting+good+hours+selinsgrovePDF 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_off00015aca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15ACA 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 4c4cf0259b8288df41ebdfb4752c7518983d870c97d420a862188f962b7458be
font_01_sfnt_off000173c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x173C1 18004 bytes
SHA-256: 71aa3cec4be3b0eb83a05dad76b0c95911703e483a77b036cfda1185f74b406c
font_02_sfnt_off0001a19d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A19D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1