Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1063ec8d726cc5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-07-08 16:27:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c74ae9cd35f70af04a917b6986986456 SHA-1: 0d866e44180972dcb78f03ef7c1b6179ff12a076 SHA-256: d1063ec8d726cc5e6f25a66e0e15ff273a98fb6a5efa485c26c95fd3db4cbc44
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of embedded URLs suggests an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware-hosting sites, aligning with the 'Spearphishing Attachment' technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=simple+comprehension+for+grade+3 PDF link annotation
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/54378248614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0c19032ca---lijulupit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairview66.org/clients/866114/File/sided.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/gizigovamuzafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psp6u4iaq1e8dpeov6lquascom/85667364845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608059a7e70c9---74957996885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/18370656788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantese.eu/userfiles/files/86944949520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bc18749b7---78309562741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a00bfc5d0356074a1dea294c87444f28/12391584528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hndl8ph93suvrl6lo3sb69mrck/32882385780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea375c5576---62603926983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f4cd3b8291c986907c5b191cbbcb222/sujegikozubojirutasis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d15b921b9c1b89d84dd901646cd91562/7696641513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946406de34c---zukefomon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607290f85f0d1---muwukeguxuraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dtgga60e90986farkgfmn8684/furozizexujal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfc930e6a83---bujerukunoxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a008c35f868---tiwiketosejoxepesulixit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/rurefokoxusokidezuzinadux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc341ed3fc8---19870962274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-francophone.com/userfiles/file/65396026425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m4e93p9tvk5crmmiej11lbtm87/pimazetebexaxuxarosowinim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607399e7e2a86---99046141424.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_off0000e3a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3A5 16640 bytes
SHA-256: b76249f12908c8639884d71319b78bf7e13ad61b78d3772dc19cc988af03fb4d
font_01_sfnt_off00010edd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EDD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126F4 11216 bytes
SHA-256: bfe96d2b887c272b2da2a426ef3f716e0a34e1f77ee468dae01a7213eeda6e3d