Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bc443062f876f1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-29 23:33:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 877c79d852e0d6c5e7e1d96f5b139179 SHA-1: 2338231798f9999cb8ef072f04e72cd04d3fb7a0 SHA-256: 1bc443062f876f1f3da66efc7c66865a09a2e802f3b1fa53b2cf47aa3f3f5b88
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. ClamAV detected this as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classifiers strongly flagged it as malicious. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • 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://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gi31ogjidp6klkta1n4q7di0l3/25499442684.pdf
    • https://dodatnagarancija.com/userfiles/file/vibuxugibapirafeseborekuf.pdf
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v9ek6kjp9omb9nisg93fer8df9/tenixelemoranomatudozuju.pdf
    • http://saptpadi.com/files/file/80137484113.pdf
    • https://petikdaun.com/contents//files/toxedolalamipo.pdf
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f6348c4ad---mugotinavosawapoj.pdf
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/2270595763.pdf
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a242ed5fb9---wasumerexokiribotewi.pdf
    • https://inverpalmas.site/aym_image/files/binovetosesuloraremevexi.pdf
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/2957910094.pdf
    • http://heninrealty.com/userfiles/files/pagoferujafivajo.pdf
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fedazozasixikad.pdf
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c35e684584b---serodarukelememaralub.pdf
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aok2l3334l1ksm5upj2vutcs7/42015676390.pdf
    • http://raykingcarroll66.com/clients/2/29/292092747e06e0ab09130fa737b110c0/File/lomulirutevivizokifirawo.pdf
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b36659d30c6---sutenosolad.pdf
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/gazuwuvesefuginejeb.pdf
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a39b992357462adcf6b40c018dd2bea/nefilakudepodarubijugifi.pdf
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/isifoligunixegom.pdf
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc9f17d2586ec27606bd105182ce9f4f/boposesixam.pdf
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/xajupeze.pdf
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1nbvr14cutg25q9gm83bf5ek6/11597447136.pdf
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5b7e75b20---bogofez.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=autocad+3d+car+model+free+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f0e3.bin
73106237c07a0721ae11efa20ec10393f1bfcdb9410561c818d338a4f03ea42d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0E3 10716 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000109a4.bin
04d227a5a3ea9662056f66fdd3aa43408ea1e9207f4d0c5726fcc64d58c0364e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A4 16864 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001352d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1352D 16792 bytes