Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1f5dda35005cd73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 01:20:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a2b7be38812fafffb28ab6072fd7faf0 SHA-1: 757ea072fd1498d522efec85f18ac2c15f9f57c0 SHA-256: d1f5dda35005cd738258d36fea5cefc216e0ddf089ece9f746498c09ef04e150
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to exploit users via malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=parts+of+speech+and+their+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77a8b352e4406c3107703c117f0c5a0b/kuvaniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9722c289ef---takaluvapemikabuteza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ro6dp2spg0h6qlb3v3od0uj9hs/98640476404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesetnews.com/images/fckeditor/file/36354258957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a24acbd6e12e0fbfbc4a5766a7e9502/88365071890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-techfiber.com/userfiles/file/8599692702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/fuwejepolepipajodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bba3322e503---16413815867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebslang.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/bobedumovezemokurep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hktje0pov67rdbmjbbl55dq5k9/49770503581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecandrychow.pl/Image/files/49313225900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/pijorupex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908818aed30---76470993131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70f5a1d44f97fb62e781f141d4554f9b/manuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/90714287177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miguktour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210625_7C2B7F8C79781A0A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace3bf63ae9---jetowizexugidirufigalaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4c1e5fe2c---dobutajolugidova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://florerialafloresta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vibojoxidowidebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926d4406423---87508176068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/files/47518021571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/wetiliwofilowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f2e83d1fa---10022758850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b07457fcd---62657262631.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_off0000ea4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010261.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10261 16788 bytes
SHA-256: fad21b71bba0e056ced6154214c235e2329a58a7227353834be01abd2f8e9f93
font_02_sfnt_off00012de9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DE9 11024 bytes
SHA-256: e506bf27721b4d763a242b12882ada6dfc78fda07e68532c6a19cf221f7eeac6