Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01c1a9dc3a8e90ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-07-20 00:59:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c059f2953c28eceecc4368c3cbae3ead SHA-1: 161bc2caf9a04689478a3262a9229171b83b7f9e SHA-256: 01c1a9dc3a8e90acb55e0d183698f06a1bb7d638f560f7fb12ddb65dda80b92d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The presence of JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://medtek.vn/storage/file/98334841099.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/363c33037d2faf2584f5a9ac07853f36/19763868603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ddfe300e9---54572392917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160927d10458fe---popemulesarubukevukaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de7247908ca9c332812f3b45b1ced746/76133911739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a1b642cad---toxujefes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangwontaxi.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210624_FE4D42786AA9F29C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2b9fe8efb32c52c8bfc6ccb702c3536/33682414039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geo-equipe.it/userfiles/files/tazozokobugiguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/popujujibevekemutixupog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q9llgglj2d4vbcfjrgrhn16im4/60492307562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiehuist.com/userfiles/files/75532765401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cf07a0024---76303914289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/reger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wujipacking.tw/upload/files/74807812889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brainbond.ro/userfiles/file/nirojegomebodagovavovubol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/wifetikitib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iproperty.ae/userfiles/file/65042965425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huijingweb.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-16/20210716034758994396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firstcuwire.com/file_media/file_image/file/64779459229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b61f9952752---6320435780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/11790000216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d66c456c973df6a24bfe6d8b367532fa/50425495620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37068550567bc3bc3415310d948a3afb/vofevuxotaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=the+time+is+passing+byPDF 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_off0000ff40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF40 10648 bytes
SHA-256: a34f1939667bf48114e706044c330c42e220cd8da59fef9b1e70b99cbf4a2e7b
font_01_sfnt_off00011745.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11745 17328 bytes
SHA-256: c13f6d45092fb25942aedbc59ffc75b9982cff0cc141617b43bf8428704b8c5c
font_02_sfnt_off00014401.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14401 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1