Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c3114f18476ff11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 15:42:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4f4c0ebbd32b9e283313d66d680f8203 SHA-1: a3df3ab559bf42f641c0128ed74ccdae8b91e9f9 SHA-256: 1c3114f18476ff1126592e160bf4d477517deb309955bdb3a4c4680d8de702a8
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and heuristic firings indicate this is a phishing or malware distribution attempt. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of PDF exploits often involves JavaScript for malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4649

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=transformations+review+worksheet+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16098c2ba3be5a---nidoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b8230c576---69450450877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f246061f35---84450436827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rrorh36snrv7kadcjk82kat84/33216041100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd37523e89---92771845425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aa3da0b8ac8a950f91abe9b14c55a9a/kawetudunuwunavimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a02af518730---55011717011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883a019b4fb---xuzixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/bumodojomoxemixurakubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c03e203d1d7---36140818810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db18257ef7---xubamupadoxode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c73b7c4cf---gupogulanoribujibisupet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4i2dc9i33acdjjjled687k4a3/nigamit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromamahabaleshwar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wajoxakepanizubuzex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ed5d453e7bd5b479ac998fad512322c/57435844922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/munigefogenasej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8214184185---zitumikenudepumim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6ba4a2cca---14961431949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/55447642811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5d0881625---90110907029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mm9bcqg2ibt8pnu5bms6ge8nq/bizevamijuzolagini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irrisyst.eu/files/file/fenozidapokutujiwupixeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fa-vietnam.com/webroot/img/files/tororofi.pdfIn 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_off0000bbf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBF0 15596 bytes
SHA-256: 14d2c862b040c1a0818b749be50148b1c8f1f7677e1a85ddf9ca42c7f004c44e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e342.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE342 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB59 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 316d348dddf7da6b445f1a14649775b5c8846d9e12ded531286bd8de60b53a2c

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