Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed1fd71b879a8e2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 18:48:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 38117d52153edfa0777c13244415ddfa SHA-1: 458aef1f4cf443beb5278259af65bbf4637d5bda SHA-256: ed1fd71b879a8e2c094f9c1661a550a9bd3a991b94edef7b2b8a06223f0529f7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious payloads, aligning with a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613386b5554e9---fewezufajetetevurub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338ec56a561---79505617419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fpole.ru/sadm_files/kovol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmvlpslimited.com/ci/userfiles/files/vivenulugox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamzalegalservices.com/userfiles/file/lavefizaluzavari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medianet2000.net/amm_prod/image_news_popup/file/54247011814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etalentlink.com/uploadfile/file///2021091717144154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamintertrade.com/file_media/file_image/file/1001813679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldfieldssanddrags.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45714986384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141819954958---wotesozemibefiwuludoxaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b4ef3263e---rowirejekunames.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/lanimugidubulozabumut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roberlo.cz/www/files/file/89933387356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mar3ol.com/Files/files/zadogupixivoketelifenav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goddesshair.net/upload/users/files/budotivuvipozoxibaxoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9ce75b9c0f7e9ac54cd860b530e6e02/31458176180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labuchedeberce.fr/userfiles/file/14266083100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161441efc57c0e---jidiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161413f11c2e67---78375720451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungafilm.com/dorceiys/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61739873778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps-org.neurondevelopment.org/userfiles/files/rubejekudazinabudajon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130927fc8b69---runejunelezalarufuver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datajournonepal.org/files/43976015597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/35430114220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.net/userfiles/file/12025826569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zlzljc.com/uploadfile/file///2021091018234438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=install+64+bit+app+on+32+bit+androidPDF 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_off0000f8e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000110fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110FC 10884 bytes
SHA-256: bde7bba4c28bce4e8d4385f5a2467b6aa66621e08dff320e2f9ccea8f423ad50
font_02_sfnt_off00012a17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A17 19824 bytes
SHA-256: a22e1c252532519739ae6fd8a5585fb7e30119ac8a3fc584967f9de64b431d67