Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c1372ebc9dab5b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 17:00:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a7a798eaec01c1d894c6336d68d8e76b SHA-1: 448454e861587b4bccec81c0eed0ea8edf0527b0 SHA-256: 1c1372ebc9dab5b65f294861e266b03d709e498f1c6d7e63ee81f5cb3c9d5cb2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution, leveraging the 'Spearphishing Attachment' technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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 http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f888862aeb---33829988344.pdf
    • http://wu-pao.com/upfiles/editor/files/momebojirebakugoxuwa.pdf
    • https://ctyhoanongangiang.com/userfiles/file/43850916971.pdf
    • http://czernavendeghaz.hu/admin1/file/wobosajokuje.pdf
    • https://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siwasijosa.pdf
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pntr43ig5g20gl6rhnf811as63/sexuvuwadijig.pdf
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133034c8d1ea---84425002772.pdf
    • https://sistemagestiondpr.co/userfiles/file/93974950697.pdf
    • http://sineadstone.com/userfiles/file/28613040254.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393f13355aa---35973193305.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-restaurant-plainfaing.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zonuzefotitireso.pdf
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/86812661623.pdf
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqiacvd5s9c7c0ij70ulpqju72/setumedi.pdf
    • https://rugsinc.in/UserFiles/files/faxefigipe.pdf
    • https://egokituz.eus/files/galeria/files/nenuni.pdf
    • http://freetourscadiz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32958213504.pdf
    • https://wonkingchina.com/d/files/57784441850.pdf
    • https://dla-pracownika.pl/pliki_user/File/wigojopiga.pdf
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/kixofitixejefowowiruweva.pdf
    • http://fecirturizm.com/resimler/files/14551290396.pdf
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/58286396852.pdf
    • http://bndweb.nl/upload/files/mexajag.pdf
    • https://neurondevelopment.org/userfiles/file/livokuxeridex.pdf
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/13660678998.pdf
    • https://eletmodguru.hu/files/files/60332719950.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=smart+puzzle+game+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_off0000f0a5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A5 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000108bc.bin
57bc5d3ed4e7698eaa32750138870fff268cbea2e7ed3285e6eae0aeea2587e3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108BC 10796 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001217e.bin
f47c18ff91bb224a8999e041b2e336632b407d5685bd2011f1db3d07cd972d34
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1217E 16824 bytes