Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df1e1c974a23b69f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

174.7 KB Created: 2021-07-23 12:51:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: f9014c7127efaa6e60dd1008525a9bc6 SHA-1: fe511f65329ae39714ea010f51375e36782dd84e SHA-256: df1e1c974a23b69f5e85798047f229f4e5e9f1bf8de62ff9922a3d1346cee8ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or hosted on disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous external links and the 'download button' heuristic suggest the document is designed to trick users into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8285

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://yarpaket.ru/userfiles/file/wojanu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://viajesalaos.com/webroot/img/files/lewatixegixugap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaker1960.com/clients/3/34/346d0055920ff30d27c63167e405b0e7/File/95664006040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/wapumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/224cc3a0ed951eb1859c318261c855c0/moses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a480186a6cb---21802383094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenline.bg/userfiles/file/xunatisavegezopenopup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/081836d040711a0168706e42a061c50a/3100721643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609574d8e6d98---36138386882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/933f2b5efd21164aef96b40d72d0ecf4/bipisabiwidite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jubileejec.com/userfiles/files/rugifojagateladanujob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8046ff3b94---94582233858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/joxesewebodow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e66a65e1703054c42051be0e6a40879/zotagugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qcq8sc5a3tu2a7gu95hq64vq3/65753413349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ppmcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eusg41iveg3lcdup0f5t2l327r/34163411819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/zedemasadakatoduboladow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbdefd53de0---20409702009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bichvan.vn/upload/files/47432307388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvclassof1990.com/clients/8/8c/8ca0ba2c7a07c5cd1f21f9fc323c16c5/File/vuxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.niziointerior.pl/upload/file/43818003347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c19030766---29669610622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95084086102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/64698246798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762ff237aba---jajufuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=power+electronics+for+technology+by+ashfaq+ahmed+solution+manualPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6826e31c74407b706dea5d263568fcd5/81294039982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081242f09ae3---sojoveledatolubig.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_007_off00022079.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x22079 23728 bytes
SHA-256: a3c9a718bde68856b42034075a87d3c8e957ea8ac5e702db8a1b0ac1f5e24b84
font_00_sfnt_off0001edbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EDBE 11508 bytes
SHA-256: a7aa440ff6df81df65d1c70ebd558b20cd245db10317878d0df1c7f18a7b2d63
font_01_sfnt_off00020868.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20868 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0002496a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2496A 22304 bytes
SHA-256: a5097c1e87761b7b6ce41760d6389c593169f5b68acf81a6f65caee5a639d679
font_04_sfnt_off00027fc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x27FC7 13716 bytes
SHA-256: a07f5e13c3938f18fca21bc5fac701e05567a9572848abd23fff9efafd1bcc32