Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1da1a6ebcdf6323…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:37:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 51e6545cd1e8c400fbbad02df8885480 SHA-1: 9a494dcc2bec538f51047de0f7b800ec52d87144 SHA-256: f1da1a6ebcdf6323d015d53bf2fc63668fc94b3b97781e125a9321a5f9bb9e74
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be disposable or compromised, suggesting a link farm for distributing malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://uk-finansist.ru/userfiles/file/tokumuxozidamiguvarok.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099cfe6264fc---pumitilawuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sonarmusic.hu/up_image/file/44511288053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handinks.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/likafurovolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1e760bd8d---22834425357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96977002202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/70356189163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjxbw.cn/userfiles/file/xetilasigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parcroyale.hk/userfiles/seminizuzatedanexinobopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.com/userfiles/file/20210725022535_7793115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f701e2c7798---99986489100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4g6o1ka6rv9a3rtefk8o8thqsl/55684134521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ip-pharma.net/data/files/vekurigelora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/tisogabudebabagebabibokuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetobox-budapest.hu/uploads/files/95844006125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f6e4a0e04---zudizelana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bak.vn/upload/files/rabojosanaberu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a89df3c6770---nedopisuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvd0f1omvkr1rcqoupu42fj07g/tegijonolifiritobinanago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semut73.com/contents//files/bilojilani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahs1978hounds.com/clients/0/09/09313dc2b2b2138818c22350edca9cf7/File/basibilig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgeonlaw.com/filespath/files/20210820101121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdenet.mn/userfiles/file/gavepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ellissi.org/userfiles/files/44841415531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=a+course+in+miracles+urtext+pdfPDF 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_off0000dede.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEDE 18108 bytes
SHA-256: b77144fcfc888e077e2dad07c0d8085f7ddcc1f39d06d88ea439809c159e232f
font_01_sfnt_off00010dc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125DC 10964 bytes
SHA-256: c7ce7e7a54d2db33e2df2ac697d261ce828eab9ab09fb907ddd7af46b7cb42ab