Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c5764b0344381ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-07-27 05:23:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0f90f331f5b2cf82ed2b36ac1695e4cf SHA-1: e470cdb7c64c5dea4a56f861de3fd4d7060904d9 SHA-256: 1c5764b0344381ac993fab3587fc1b5ae0fd1308dafb2c79462c5904b1b6ddf2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, likely to serve further malicious payloads or phishing content. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to exploit users through deceptive downloads or redirects, aligning with phishing and client execution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://apsco.ly/userfiles/files/18547679370.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6da45a11c4f78e28c141ea7a1c964315/42192174132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5of7edwardstreet.com/assets/media/files/14438884884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1621867632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/xikabosovozite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24294a5039094d1f937d7815bf2f9f11/kizajedux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpoolandsauna.com/user_img/files/joxatejubog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/23605756354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bio86.net/fichiers/nudesexitexebemobipil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9jchkdfelne52ncgdl28d9a3eh/49531625656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hmq3u0j3fenfkkhu78r9usvel3/10166595097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/22658499817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e309ac382854e03de61208bb24d02227/jodukuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a86e6b629---fumuzixutebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa27b691324---50825115792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8960a59f2837a5e6f477b991e19e52d/vunexupemefolikulub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c5c16ee0f---23484968354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59431e02bafaf0980bef287fae898a91/lejubezodiboduzusopujufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bat5kds5c3ohca8oes37p9t8l3/katas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eee2a151d9---88903977761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa56ac47707---10077671148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxilitomerice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/papoxazasus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6259d7ab2d4a8e237b8ecb5288b795b7/nedomowodakimigugele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=converter+un+pdf+in+word+freePDF 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_off0000d6cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6CD 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 1abfbe631ad2aeef10157bb6d41b434bbaf0669879e4c4092bd047080c57a671
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE7E 16828 bytes
SHA-256: a02383c2e1f8708f054374494c5f25dea356f5970e9505e6cc3747f8d9b22aea
font_02_sfnt_off00011a6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1