Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c1b3ec7a86c6192…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-08-29 06:12:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9beb78beb918c4217bdbac3726fef985 SHA-1: ee4b2b80244c1e85b1f65520cb65abcc120647e1 SHA-256: 1c1b3ec7a86c6192dd51c51577176269046fe48d962cd2f720c8e2105bf345a7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm characteristics are indicative of malicious redirection tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 http://udmvdpo.ru/images/files/tivuwirowozizidopuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b52e86a9d---pojamurasefiwoxujadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160935c6c8ddf4---jubisaxesidalanesurivarum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/71319005698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/13704413187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyhanool.com/ckupload/files/bewixibinutiwabedin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruitvita.com/files/files/7250303145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gursakaryahukuk.com/images/file/54070259188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/42176803938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eckitsj79km4mp7k64tau2pm8e/nejisixumamopifuxavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://point-grey-1970-grads.com/clients/f/fe/fe7686cf254963525dc0bd811951f15e/File/36884957043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a63e71bb8e---61711458930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/6374449058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents/files/43202895373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://millionsdiscount.com/mo_images/files/79299386515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturallabs.fr/userfiles/file/72974606513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/doxujemukemeserotib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9631ef710---derodozujofit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f381d5e3bb1c203d8ad52a1e3240175/sufenajitugevafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13bca2b9fd06e3e254d611dc7fbcd0b0/pematiposumatajulaxanox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/files/21908512553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/lozavobuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c3485c26f---negujokizawowegino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/26884422779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=redding+seating+die+instructionsPDF 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_off0000cc15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC15 18604 bytes
SHA-256: 4d86280c75f7e08642fdc3270c401dfb74d5819aabcb12eb4f9670f68100ffba
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011441.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11441 10644 bytes
SHA-256: fcd23872c40c2c86d9bcae242633a4cba4a1ef3d5f161d8dfed4a3e5144126e2