Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1822ec25a1b94c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-08-05 10:27:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0991887c1c565e2035f74da286d0914d SHA-1: 636dd88e08f57f85fb57ef977bdddcb59caef396 SHA-256: d1822ec25a1b94c036107f780c88ceb6dbb32117fb7853a88cd61b48e87518c0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. 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 lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bee3a9ae32d---matemifisegex.pdf
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/74771079664.pdf
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d093867192e---95660484792.pdf
    • https://signika.pl/Upload/file/81513398283.pdf
    • http://racecross.com/upload/edito_fckeditor/file/pupefer.pdf
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/77056923707.pdf
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202108051401396107.pdf
    • http://otevrel.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bimudoperawaviwovopuderi.pdf
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09f36f4aebfdd1295493751a10c26bc7/lafoxufobamotowidupusomi.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1nl9668h2ndqv6i9glt8gkkd60/13243067225.pdf
    • https://holyfamilyhospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48078685413.pdf
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609027176f26b---nodukajogizugizewin.pdf
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d59d90634245c26988d1ae1a3d43ff2/jadajilidikudotoxuf.pdf
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c340c066a89---30054943842.pdf
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd024cb444---46507374353.pdf
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/kuxulupu.pdf
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/51226574368.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b888cfdedc1---92584045785.pdf
    • https://girl0229960192.com/upload/users/files/musosa.pdf
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m51gmup6fn9gtc6ndisj05c32f/43123638162.pdf
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/lalutitawaxememo.pdf
    • https://247hvac.ca/fabulous1/uploads/files/62742676763.pdf
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0daef2c97b---20804754096.pdf
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d3591613e---gerosisikorojugo.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd82eb628e.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=sumacion+espacial+y+temporal+en+los+potenciales+postsin%C3%A1pticos
    • 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_off0000e2a4.bin
737d1f8d8a4300bb39352cd49420972e1d40b0e3241e4c33f90409f58b2da9bc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A4 11004 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbd4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBD4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000113e6.bin
dec0db0738455c4a11e120cd084df92d39c29de450ac448abbf7056ae4e361a4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113E6 17876 bytes