Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c4d4271531dcc44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 17:10:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3bd3c04510cef4a7cda20d5874fb3c5f SHA-1: 72834147474bc9698ba16316cb2954403168d030 SHA-256: 1c4d4271531dcc44f547d85816de673361e7a2899fa99e952a54c298c81a076d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is flagged as a link farm on disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure itself is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kessler+book+for+physiotherapy+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc8c769b0e9---71240085217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e01ce39c992---1701661399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/donutabozobogoxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68c12b6b35d1667e988d1154a2c39527/78197804798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/87436782664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19e55700fc302c0605a343dd35620ef3/vakevenor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d728a5123a84932b36f9c778246f1a09/rizejim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacyfamilyunity.com/clients/2/20/203fd950dafdada58ea32e7b96f0d147/File/kabufetete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b659881e8---68465291476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/bazewizapizuniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/junometefisofoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uma1c5bl2bucuc3vsq7l5hu4a1/82162947483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pellevah.com/upload/files/siganerubisopifirifogel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/23304916016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44c9d6ca89edd242ab845d14a60b5299/xeruru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34c633fa1fa89441e03844acba92986a/82690577235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/golezexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c897ba6cea0---debemoponog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/30481266732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhferry.com/data/fckeditor/file///2611625703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oriental-kitchens.com/userfiles/files/70322714554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/78853713166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talaa-obour.com/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/3978880711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindspacepsytherapy.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210530173625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05b486525a6fd6f09f61c254a2621574/xujaladike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160735860c5d80---ligofosilapubekebejidin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e1bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1BC 10828 bytes
SHA-256: b3299b7f2a46ee4f37e75f5e08f5bb20e83d8b8872f53524f730ed9411eb812c
font_01_sfnt_off0000faad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000112bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112BF 19096 bytes
SHA-256: 30b97876b4d4a69a72744575cd32206ef6088a993e6bb71fa7f3e4f769b0e4ba