Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c1c06a026bcf648…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-08-28 07:46:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3fe68db220ec927609b5ed2cf1fbb133 SHA-1: edeabfe5bc01086ccbfb03ba1709467a5a5333e0 SHA-256: 1c1c06a026bcf648276917b447b9494a90cdd1c6607ebda1b8e00b588ed3e249
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links indicates a redirection or download attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f9700be73---zojafinotiguxejugaluzo.pdf
    • https://dansobentre.net/uploads/file/5846411154.pdf
    • http://xdata.pl/app/webroot/img/ckf/files/77648990292.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729ec8f30be---94927729576.pdf
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8432df15c23b0aba0b672c4293db7e54/mimagiz.pdf
    • https://essaidafm.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/37849175483.pdf
    • http://maynenkhiinverter.com/media/ftp/file/tobebubekepora.pdf
    • http://www.dismaplant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49408620749.pdf
    • http://nhs1968.com/clients/65482/File/vewubewirejaxotukapijema.pdf
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31e1c98925f3bae371e8e6e968f67941/xigatu.pdf
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae418da772---53770072143.pdf
    • http://mydreamtuscanwedding.com/editor_up/mafezunanewigegolibir.pdf
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/34869963100.pdf
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d3d0b0ebvqfctccacc1h3k9n0/gitubaxewefikadalikuxil.pdf
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e56cf576a850106fb6b701a58658b1a/7087277409.pdf
    • http://ijdssymposium.eu/upload/pavufarubowi.pdf
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/69987359473.pdf
    • https://hyundainhapkhau.vn/upload/files/74483900008.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611400036731d---7038533351.pdf
    • http://mega-treid.com/userfiles/files/87933972004.pdf
    • https://proxus.nl/file/38678377871.pdf
    • http://kolesnikov.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faxamasakezutozu.pdf
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c94d02920---gewil.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=nonlinear+pricing+example
    • 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_off0000c439.bin
aa3b59756849943b8b495eec3fd08f4951e64bbd421f242b4d327509a0c81ede
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC439 10528 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc28.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC28 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f43a.bin
b7315d1d700a879307650c209f0871e2a76d3ae7d022cd904c94c614e3b2e90f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF43A 15980 bytes