Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0a1a6dd1bb79cf9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 23:04:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 2646b35d0c0424841ef88cfd50a06c27 SHA-1: 3916d67a3500db4d37d23b293feef9ad5419039d SHA-256: f0a1a6dd1bb79cf91a37b3f772479650f7148be77d8b7be6adc6c2b852c29f4d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, designed to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and extensive URL usage suggest an attempt to exploit users via external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+photo+editing+and+collage+app+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/lalimozenezuxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/golepiteju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baptistfriends.org/media/10119498793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854e554bf62---84566872831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.it/upload/40563106486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29313f19bf---61466881119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa7dae903c0---67844490925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faceless.me/userfiles/files/ladigerupemiterulujinaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d122ee47da2e46b245e488c7e04f19b2/78574937382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/wewabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d900e15b774efe0afffe9df03cda68b/51208838797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/60357144131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfb4fd0999d377622cf5c7a4796c2b20/susobojak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o78at82h2l2b67ae75pimbh9e1/gibumulajedexajeluluvodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3btsihkjvc04nqd7rmgtrsh1fl/86836246607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a643c56567---vitaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/64905702862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/sidujoloxobuxadonuzam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ea06d5870---1753843791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0db40ebba380828721e575e8dbaa371/3548293210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9e4dcd917---zozavijevoxera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae54a0adbfc---60381344456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf884ef949---97697563670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1e1101d9bfcfbf2e5ab4b90585c165b/woximekivorefakobagoxabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0cbc02f87---vuzabatejejezezotakejon.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_off0000f8a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A6 10952 bytes
SHA-256: b1baec75021c84be91984c80d3723badead3f0bd45b34f91241fa925b8cc59cd
font_01_sfnt_off000111c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111C8 16556 bytes
SHA-256: b617a531fdafb94bd463e86ed839450951a38683026b4a98a09fef18095282c1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ceb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1