Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c5c833ee31ae027…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:52:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2cc7de8c66b974d0c705dd4528052733 SHA-1: b8e759b1b9f3d1b078eabb474763a85160440a4d SHA-256: 1c5c833ee31ae027f7807882aaae9ded5e24675b96069d430c8b350169e602e5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No specific family could be identified, but the techniques used are consistent with common PDF-based lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3efe5285729b04c0cef7236a3b833d15/51652485413.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/puvajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2iup80nvvdb2jjq8rji0g3hi4/32870551457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/dubalinomazuwogagakebuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d48e64252a249be37aca75027dd2c96/tavegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6bs1g9fc0bdvmvt84u74ugi9c/46132955621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/xuwofubiwesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28f203b9a5---posubetoraxopabarenejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ariconium.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/garufebimuxofimok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a930df5d237a1a2666c2266d59586e2f/lisoxogapugufagifidovasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84c676e4120df23b3eabd7bbbf411a42/3722904818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210528204455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nirbheq8ca12i4f0k6vvi9isk4/lojiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de98a55b5ed4ac62190bace91d32ee2a/6336951305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/nirak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teresachild.com/upload/files/rajabixuluzax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f024975a9---judubexapimimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01309eafc6610fda226c468d148d52ad/8107677995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81b66e0198288feef79bc0ab07392287/duwelifidudupeziremuviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f31aa952e408c6aa4a160b9a54cf6b5/78523882278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drishtinetcom.in/FCKeditor/file/46469439772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4004df7acf01738c6c795058a767a70d/nixulelipinimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160898a3e744f7---ririfik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/kojuwavalafujawaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=poison+every+rose+has+its+thorn+chordsPDF 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_off0000e040.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE040 10604 bytes
SHA-256: c1c85efd940c1c8fa818f7654554ab287764582f08accae93004f8f804a07f16
font_01_sfnt_off0000f880.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF880 18168 bytes
SHA-256: cd8d1a914b87f91bceadc89ade2171bb7698652ad399c5477088af20b5364530
font_02_sfnt_off000128c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1