Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bc8a9f40180e442…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 15:46:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0a441fdba3348295b4f0fbdd548bff3e SHA-1: e2e6e9b68731578b96318a094f407fb04830c1d4 SHA-256: 1bc8a9f40180e442393c4742e56a35b5e7283a67055ffdfcddf0ea93721228a4
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including a small file size and a single image, suggesting it's designed to trick users into clicking a link. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised CMS uploads, and ClamAV detected it as a phishing trojan. The embedded URLs likely lead to malicious content or further phishing attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607912ba81c98---24786569354.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wu-pao.com/upfiles/editor/files/vupapuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents//files/zafasub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxilitomerice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vagetoxokafenit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatvideo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuladukeramamudod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/84331966920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/kipozuxuzodomirigubowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greathorserider.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63604781577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbbnbtte4cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95295520503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/33364385890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac255d2840ea672b97b4c588f3073817/97897503212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ideylia.fr/uploads/file/69909327657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gpaci.org.br/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72553348604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/gebebexekewupuxutewef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3d705c1ed52e05bdb95b211f79ab67c/wisufijidubew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rentcar888.com/uploads//files/202108100217344307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8eb20b86e4---taradoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.c-l-r-p.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27407781172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/41841100037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aatmicscience.org/asuserfiles/file/zovapomosefolofuponepatod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokuda2.com/contents/files/66882069779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2d52992194---35170573824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lv42g9hh0gju5du01qbg04oc26/fetibenuladiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometutorsdelhi.com/userfiles/files/36526484569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=julius+caesar+act+1+study+guide+worksheetPDF 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_off0000b10a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB10A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c921.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC921 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 9dfe4f7b75c2259579bcace67c4eb600cca537a0296506d5ebe24d60dc8e9e80
font_02_sfnt_off0000e2ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2BA 14180 bytes
SHA-256: cba9ce8a52ede5b45c6af046892ec5a3e48715c95e27d97c55398a0acdfbb042