Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c11a75f2c280b6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 15:14:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 93d1b8fde985b8c81132f49d68c9be65 SHA-1: 0d9e56a121f37fe087c98b504d945835168fef3b SHA-256: 1c11a75f2c280b6b6e82654b70c59aa31a8ba354f81fd8de53fceca78ff7b1c7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, with a high-confidence heuristic indicating a link to an algorithmically-generated URL likely intended for malware distribution. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous links to potentially compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests a phishing or credential harvesting campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/093cb67923cc9e8b863ce020a49c0879/30885160737.pdf
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/18819271534.pdf
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sofefopok.pdf
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/206ffd644cab30313b583e77113e3dfc/30863346045.pdf
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0e89e4942b---73689522142.pdf
    • http://kasystemofkarate.com/clients/861259/File/kikiwamijufirixetar.pdf
    • https://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kabunuzabunotetomejufu.pdf
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baaaa832865---nabuzatevabego.pdf
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feb9120b7adf00d7e873903f74605429/37181659694.pdf
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc2e61dc24---59953753654.pdf
    • https://xaydungdonggia.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/28835842042.pdf
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c63729967c---makogajividesep.pdf
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607986b389356---safozodij.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cbafc2d8fc---wipexilo.pdf
    • https://pointswestliving.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/makesubonirova.pdf
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9148725d86---8347889003.pdf
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb9a1a9d54---91770048286.pdf
    • https://btegypt.com/file/ramemunokefodaxila.pdf
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731e78b65fd---fidapukenuso.pdf
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c878eeeb08---81059112478.pdf
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/5314931652.pdf
    • http://agiteam.org/clients/b/b0/b0c4817036ef1cb73596cc935f3fa86d/File/98313136570.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=tightrope+acl+dog
    • 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_off0000ed40.bin
77600930bdca023506362f202d7d3d9031084e3ed9aff29dc4dfb077c1665ab0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED40 17292 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011aaf.bin
5f562f8d028da96f2a35b510603d3a418186e7faaf6dbdd33d6b1c4fdfb8bc65
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AAF 10484 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001326f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1326F 16792 bytes