Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c187422efa42695…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 17:26:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1b7375e4d3193889db52cd76a9985e8d SHA-1: 8103d04e795deb88039c201ce3a43e2b9ef5e65b SHA-256: 1c187422efa4269530fed34e3559cf14ac0d386207ed53fd3e8d60f40de0b4b5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+ram+usage+in+android
    • http://koreabulk.net/userData/board/file/9867114025.pdf
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/96439107867.pdf
    • https://cli-kh.com/uploads/files/202109010603509842.pdf
    • http://hondaototanan.com/upload/files/bovomebuxamixenodob.pdf
    • https://cdmsig1.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49765179056.pdf
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161484b7771461---73812240909.pdf
    • http://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/80956313320.pdf
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/22756204580.pdf
    • http://travellerisland.com/files/67551100775.pdf
    • http://hlqh.net/userfiles/file/20210913003431_1381924866.pdf
    • https://ecohort.biz/userfiles/files/xiniluwis.pdf
    • http://improntediteatro.it/userfiles/files/2584936065.pdf
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/14325345863.pdf
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a6456e2fc---dopanukuf.pdf
    • http://intelekt.biz/uploads/pages/files/dewoserafawusaniv.pdf
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j9t14i504vaonqpjj6m6kddg27/kodetipin.pdf
    • http://szpitalstrzelin.pl/userfiles/files/52795401847.pdf
    • https://associazionemusicaviva.it/uploads/file/gixururifetufu.pdf
    • http://cs-web-design.de/ablage/userfiles/files/26522655837.pdf
    • https://funbugs.ie/userfiles/file/safopuxesapabolen.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/clr80e4bhbdo7r6fbe1sl5j51v/33269058531.pdf
    • http://smsgurugram.com/miet/assets/files/vebugonegilufomigiganimaz.pdf
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613340037f1ce---kifegukilavetowozimenenit.pdf
    • http://velocimapper.com/webfiles/file/todilazaxalasexelejuwa.pdf
    • http://architettoannalisatinelli.it/userfiles/files/fexejen.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148593a1445e---xogiremag.pdf
    • https://sts-cct.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/wozokiruzoge.pdf
    • 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_off0000eda9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA9 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000105c0.bin
28403631202153de3d5dee788f7a64f3749347f4acd0848eaa36ef46718a1f74
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C0 10828 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e80.bin
3f5de48da5420a9838c29127dee7740fdd0526cb94a2ba23de516f937724ac28
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E80 17624 bytes