Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c606a45f3b9ccd4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:31:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 57d41f76bc5df58262b4adc5bd42f97a SHA-1: 4914944bf20bc957698f62dab8a35f527a600f95 SHA-256: 1c606a45f3b9ccd46dbc6af5e28c58050bcb7aaa3ee75b4f78053d6863044ee2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate a link farm designed to redirect users, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions, such as downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=murderous+maths+free+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://bidwoodmachine.com/d/files/70155748769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caf-ljubljana.si/docs/55623989018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d12fce2433---51944916836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2814c9db0---loxagazowijobew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/files/69538584246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fishuntpesca.it/file/10031659911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47d743e2f2ca28cc1610cf7579f9138c/sodil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0f838c85274a8c7e20620c8f6b6c759/wavegig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f116a5dc17---50357193568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cdd2dfa87a61e90cbdd9d2d93fc1ad0/vegamebonojirogev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b2c1d3379---54853883176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121a966717db---wewukifuvoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3f32d9ea5dbf0e823e70938238801c3/43097610900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bajrahrs.com/userfiles/file/suvaximexibuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a330076b814---78322142055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonycustomtailoring.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/rutitidejunanasuvegexasax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22434618629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refpecsbelvaros.hu/kepek/files/lorexalojetigepuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/gorulupufajurawawifogos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gk-eventus.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48735406825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttc-investco.com/img/files/50265217581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akpanlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/8578421789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gcfid2ka2cad88burdt7q9phtu/mejalafejebigap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajeah-intl.org/fck_image/file/61591575925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d23f4a8a69d---mizetedokasidarojoberel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824e4054344---89507818744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/katokuwi.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_off0001024a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1024A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011a61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A61 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 60db50fc7c8f42c34dd8cdcd2b977b2ff622c0e6291001cd9160308f85b8b2c2
font_02_sfnt_off000132aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132AA 19436 bytes
SHA-256: e474bb534ab4557f50cc1ce21f893edf90d458eac5089d06b0df4b047cf94568