Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c631f7699c9c3fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:46:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 69ba0e7fd007c9a2707763ad473c030b SHA-1: 270d39a0404719ceea6ee458b5e75fba37a807a8 SHA-256: 1c631f7699c9c3fb1c9f1ab2948b9db998319e24cec60cd3a1cd47b11e00287b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious documents designed to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=9th+class+chemistry+book+in+urdu+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://gymlesgeants.com/upload/editor/file/39811646824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegedelunion.com/clients/76066/File/wetival.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/mageru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-de-la-ferme.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80371605003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/pezibudanidogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westhollywood.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/28455567228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6ad99d2fb---53818424512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhcreunion.com/clients/4/43/43f38dc94a4d709fe78decf5bd9d7370/File/59576348944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigonford3s.com/uploads/2021-08-05/images/files/80636399964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/soluwejunobat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f44cmaosr71tiv4ttvn4lb3ias/51537210180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e512441f88b07f78af605c32ca8bf111/14351920129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711384e5b12---sarefawuvekitudatefolute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rebugorizebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609bdc8dd0362---karibilane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/93611152668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iciparis.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lamogawuvejokuwurewijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12126877619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetachikappasigmaalumni.org/clients/5/56/56ac51e2ee760b54d3ff8b7d53c877b7/File/lurusosob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/94699190100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/40384930980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi2.com/contents//files/mitum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/firovisofavaxudapamede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9e028b8b9---zetikosasebaxifuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607100a3c5e4c---21263646109.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_off0000d924.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD924 11488 bytes
SHA-256: ff8262e32ae83847da931e6b3194a65b4ba159c918bc49cd6dccf94b5db1281e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f401.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF401 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C13 18096 bytes
SHA-256: 5f10cc08492e60023054df7bd4ab281555180937a99bd31ac52841c5209a2a70