Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bc02c17188403aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:59:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 76afc87bb0cc3bdf522c104efb21e013 SHA-1: a716ca44f138acbf0144363d97effbcd90d5ff6a SHA-256: 1bc02c17188403aa9504454f48599e006f2f91aa87ce7a307e58acfbe31a9002
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This pattern suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign where the initial PDF acts as a lure to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd25c6e6735---84516482930.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/fubozuviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a91b4f21b---muniso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3551554d147c7ec645ad2b84c4630a88/zaxuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allivecoat.com/userData/board/file/megiburubozowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourguarantees.com/userfiles/file/75827407332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161007c3d976e6---84821654805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097097e16fe4---gumuwalafakopobivupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02e97aa06e7fcdbef45c3f0701869758/kiluwonujomuzafagaxedujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/pekakukasumetowib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tggnmfivn4qb838t9sf40p2igq/28786993428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/wakazozipodabolixuwexenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foreningenflex.se/anvandarbilder/173/files/82115025676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/damefagisitigopogeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7356c5d58ba05eb4e1a4455a0abdae3c/44155181634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a154e6a8a6c---kawurug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/kikekiseludugobesepud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff3c8ce603---litilaxafijito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7ad234ea7d214247f55769501c7f358/zomogolokejexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/43187540212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/dimarij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nieruchomosci-swidnica.pl/userfiles/file/66142204641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728516665f7---velowexalazunivuduladane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=the+culinary+professionalPDF 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_off00010065.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10065 10656 bytes
SHA-256: cd054a6fac54fca3a3ceb6b95888d314ca938f8dcd140c9ccce6a83376830385
font_01_sfnt_off000118bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118BB 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 311a8a7c3f7a1f1f690c7ce00b5820a79e2782875fa0ff1f6923d853391e26ad
font_02_sfnt_off000148d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1