Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1e3981cc6a9408d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 13:27:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 375fa327d3eb1c5c46700243214e8616 SHA-1: e7fb6f5c40bbfe9e9b685284d7827d4fd48ef03b SHA-256: d1e3981cc6a9408dd06482d21b9fbb79e9f547bf76c311ea10240cd14ecefea6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and the ML classifier's high confidence score further support a malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=castlevania+free+download+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/99311548714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9n4fb05lff30ai96rd06vj827q/98432878508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34fd64aa4241465d6af03cc6f64bda6d/59012075811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patriarca-batiment.com/ressource/site-image/files/kevonotomopawosam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133761d31de3---vobozatamiwakalowet.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://123natura.com/stockages/files/dujakolurukugazuzamamum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thevale.us/userimages/34421872667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolitplus.ru/files/file/vujobozujofuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pingthye.com/userfiles/files/75575803983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.ru/files/file/56047653441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosl.com/upload/editor/file/sabofabifigipulukaseja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubsahdianagalati.ro/upload/editor/file/kefirogotuwutubigajekawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anninh247.info/upload/files/zibiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396e8398cd2---lojuranapuputabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed67262050cf3af83fab71b2d4e210be/5259549377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/ligimimada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svarovani-tig.cz/userfiles/file/kisipevarevizelelogovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150006.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210906011524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodemveenweiden.nl/bodem-veenweiden-img/wezubagepaxumuteporelesav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photonics-science.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42056060367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joinsocialbubble.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/sataginowovorisiborogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertopizzetti.it/userfiles/files/dumipidifunurivasovuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://denimder.org/resimler/files/wavozimunef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferropula.hr/files/wawiladirow.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_off0000d1b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1B1 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 380187bd716a4c7ffc7b6da49a3c7dd4871d8592fbb76fa23ce381a131b76228
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000101f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101F6 18244 bytes
SHA-256: 23ff1777d881e88ecc64adbf59d5b615dadc73fd6970aa9ec1e131c676e226fe