Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c1ca3efc90ee799…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-12 08:23:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0a0dea7f497ef74071584fc487e93754 SHA-1: c0570b49e083a16bbac044281c1cc9b404ce6c59 SHA-256: 1c1ca3efc90ee7993a388b7d63b1c8a7e2a5ff13e26a7ef8c8206e8cb268f211
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which are hosted on potentially compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9719

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://huh.hu/UserFiles/File/wodijuxal.pdf
    • http://quesnelfoundation.ca/userfiles/file/53936096004.pdf
    • http://ty-universe.com/image/files/20210909_191425.pdf
    • https://toppelletmachine.com/d/files/57672924718.pdf
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137648778b11---limawesev.pdf
    • https://xistenze.nagydavid.com/files/files/17703502617.pdf
    • https://ivanamihic.com/files/papudixemano.pdf
    • http://sgo-bage.com/public/files/files/90642336333.pdf
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/vopixaburuluzewazoxukov.pdf
    • http://linhkienhunganh.vn/luutru/files/nadirufobategumabegarev.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wadodizipexeker.pdf
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/votuzavelamiriren.pdf
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/fexobijukuzimamukavakawu.pdf
    • http://vonschickenconcord.com/uploads/files/55187294759.pdf
    • https://clinicaabrahaoosta.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69994637158.pdf
    • http://dayuntang.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210912103142.pdf
    • http://bibliotekaludwin.pl/img/upload/files/43063656419.pdf
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog/file/10473386719.pdf
    • https://careersourcechipola.com/files/public/91652976250.pdf
    • https://thuaphatlaihanoi.net/uploads/files/nidadevorikuvubewiximema.pdf
    • https://vleek.com/uploads/files/80736609731.pdf
    • https://casasholidays.com/scgtest/team-explore/uploads/files/74423458291.pdf
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/5686093934.pdf
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9406a0136c921207be4254e246c8f8b4/24731640365.pdf
    • http://dierenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/tevolizidafukaduf.pdf
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133cff9cab30---89013940099.pdf
    • https://www.notusweb.com.br/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21709824375.pdf
    • http://thienminhgroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vanases.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=fast+%26+furious+8+torrent
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c19e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC19E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9ab.bin
6c08887b596ecb472c5a0482df8c2f828d83fc5b5d16111ed0caa1fced1b35dc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9AB 1680 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e1a3.bin
71544ed9b39c07641690d79f8d65afbb7876783a042b4eea130e659eea2af1cd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1A3 20840 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00011611.bin
f51d5d1ed6f87b52d1b9f429dd51402bf3eddb0f0727a485d5a13d2cfa109c79
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11611 9476 bytes