Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bd1c6865442d946…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 04:38:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 47973f69d34728e0df6de52a3931bc36 SHA-1: 09b1915f785c1b5f3cf336a5c15a68e87a0041c4 SHA-256: 1bd1c6865442d94675f8accb5e760f28728fa981f23e9996b4673d6b1c5293d7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=io+puzzle+games PDF link annotation
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c867df564---36382791718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleseriuassociates.ro/files/file/zefalovadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highlander-inn.com/assets/userfiles/files/kaxalowaluzasataxegav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanchang.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77240489135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speednewslive24.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/51210836834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copacndg.com/images/uploads/files/saweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gorojeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto4-spb.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/22471704706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e5581661c---watobadigivadilemuteda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614149c7a9a6c---77977652794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dallard.fr/ressource/site-image/files/53505647479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolepintozzi.it/userfiles/files/watubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/56550056273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papierplus.pl/userfiles/file/39164608740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test-immo.com/file/15748788522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anipetkingdom.com/webroot/img/files/11043029027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimkhimientrung.com/uploads/image/files/56712668459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.niengiamdoanhnghiep.vn/img_duhoc/files/nilopipixoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stl-hk.net/userfiles/bevexagopuxoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j7h3o0klki964te1va3rkdks8v/butemagokomafexudowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nayyaralidada.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22607492778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-vaganovskoe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bojuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613736b483204---furebolobiwisozufexol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.milestonesmn.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jewanexabuvotebejaten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d2e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eaf6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAF6 16540 bytes
SHA-256: fb7e44802b22a6a1abe9d2982fff19d71b55755ace43647f0231ececd3d802c2
font_02_sfnt_off000115e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115E5 10312 bytes
SHA-256: 011898f6d98757a87b592104ff0047d75b017843104094bf040e56ee0b7dd2bc