Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db1486131553b5fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-08-05 01:43:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: c766b6b8890c7ffd0c52e02bf581e0b8 SHA-1: 6e4576af93600ca651d8c949bf7bb925f6d0e331 SHA-256: db1486131553b5fa7d3d7113724af2c263e607f76b2b4030126e6dea1e510a92
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content, aligning with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/11509101226.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ede434d64cfbc765939738904f57c5ea/rexez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e6e664d9a---gemikulasaminulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/kupafabogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34988fd11f7cefd2bb4e6cfca532a874/vofuwobaramumixemaweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noblacklist.pro/web/img/podborky/files/gamewukupapotunebube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21e0682303ca2c49220aa1ff70c51a25/jafuxesipuxilulixedep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ds9tegrs566j9pirjc2j23gi20/detalirosawirozeziwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adasms.fr/userfiles/file/kesolubovep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc24662f1e---59194334439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096485f22d97---xutikoluvipeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oresteruggiero.com/userfiles/files/timabalejanew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a800f3f0590---30544174827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ustunongel.com/image/files/zilunerawinozutiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4f83c65c93c285eb13d4a78d1e582cb/49286355244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c02deaeec8f3a54242b627872649e2b/48281278293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee5530f0d4b---xijusomejakamimes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609016e9a1a5e---81105134691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/zukikopipope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onhimalayas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14592714005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stfrancisfrankford.com/clients/9/90/9051900d87e3fdd5bc97eff612ac54c4/File/51410652581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7149da3b953be865a30dcbe263daafa/2692488408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec7b008f57f4cdc81b32f226af93b3bf/32994588942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01qr3o7cogthgbp320rbfcuced/72394549517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=auditing+%26+assurance+services+a+systematic+approach+10th+edition+test+bankPDF 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_off0001029d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1029D 9772 bytes
SHA-256: ae7c8febf085dcc110fd8216383a719462cbc098b6afe6c580187170331549a0
font_01_sfnt_off000117c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FD9 17492 bytes
SHA-256: e252319e3b4de6d21b20362081b9cc8b1b8fcfe0b8eab368f275d6533a96d579