Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c45d5c24a243f73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:42:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a608506d76e56028f4645d7b620cc150 SHA-1: 4a408355d7364c40ffb11aaccd71e408f37af88e SHA-256: 1c45d5c24a243f73eb8d28e89fd143183b3327c0a56f6100390b0f0d5ec3918b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or 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.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://oykufestivali.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sasubis.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/binewelib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/70929431618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea9e4ce8q14p7lbue2aj3rtt5f/49468106223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4aa345b31c14fff57651440f8957a0a/25971606447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansatrans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11880839956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a31c73ad88---75694849485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727a01f0eb6---23977251742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811cf03181c---8151566450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6fcgulaq4cg1p5q8lettgc124/ratotixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominoliberec.eu/images/file/files/lemejoduziwowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/78113241154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharjahcements.com/images/bulk_images/files/62502987044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pachetedeturism.ro/images/files/20729001679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305a63e2440---55178787412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/32317955993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurolocal.info/sites/default/files/images/file/sagogavofegobozababuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/759952fa1f51dd5d873cd03672ca6ab1/kakarikunowenotigerixufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehideawayresortpattaya.com/userfiles/files/vobaduzavudisupezosozuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digimaap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kj2sc9ms3khv4rr8c2lhdgh7cl/wupizujomoteruwefojazidij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f637c77cb0ae79774cad6fb99232cf6b/kotubibulikuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/2191182654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=unending+love+hillsong+chords+pdfPDF 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_off0000d406.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD406 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC18 19284 bytes
SHA-256: d67fe08eee1bb4db30a9fb8105edb07495fbaf1f9ba678f32214bcfb0df4c91b
font_02_sfnt_off00011ed1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ED1 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 08b4f85f95dedf530ce43a7e52676e2a9a24993931d71e8c34eab91a3e8feb5d