Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c5afd2c8f8d40c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:25:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ccb02045cb2214e162baa9e06f635b27 SHA-1: 5f4a3cee70d63f627ff770fb90be537567031037 SHA-256: 1c5afd2c8f8d40c6e926dc291a7c4c5c420d31d9f542aa0f3dbc0457629440ee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure point towards an attempt to lure users to external, potentially harmful, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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=how+to+write+in+pdf+file+online
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d68b722c28a---xetilisu.pdf
    • http://www.romanschatztruhe.de/img/files/87602225413.pdf
    • https://silga.ca/userfiles/file/45771065161.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db27d96194a19cc42fd3ba802540b333/gugojoda.pdf
    • https://agmatbaa.com/upload/files/39160798099.pdf
    • https://sport-jicin.cz/dokumenty/48123532936.pdf
    • http://adbrf.com/files/fckeditor/file/14319257946112c9f41db4f.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095df21bb595---vifepovuvireb.pdf
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6667294e3bcbde1494e7d52323ec7deb/gobesul.pdf
    • https://profix.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jotagenaveg.pdf
    • http://www.mousumibanerjee.com/fckimages/file/betokavizoluromisuno.pdf
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nlhc7cm6smd12edvd5jcqmeul5/27829585872.pdf
    • https://srmhomes.com/images/bulk_images/files/suxagipafer.pdf
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cdfb2c6895---72378864592.pdf
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bac452ffe3---rexamomasofusozubirimajan.pdf
    • http://bielwod.com/userfiles/file/mevogotinutowe.pdf
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/lorejuvepugijezo.pdf
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/98066899009.pdf
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754cfc51e6c---dudenowinilerenotonima.pdf
    • http://hondatayho.top/img-ngocbao/files/nukakebo.pdf
    • http://rakkhunnursinghome.com/user_img/files/27069464068.pdf
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/befiten.pdf
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612bb0960bd42---41760895361.pdf
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b626430918e483210c127cc00f7f330/49639392354.pdf
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000101e5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E5 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000119f7.bin
2025b3f6eb1020ab86caea9640931869768c95208145c3dc55407925a9bbaef1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119F7 18212 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000149c7.bin
391aa38d99f5e45f893d5ed8fc3a83780d13575be8c12afba3c5c926f620d1c4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149C7 10240 bytes