Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c64f4aa80aca63d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 01:08:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 8b899e0c325f05fc0ef6ee1129300122 SHA-1: bbcf8563df73e0e618791d65b0156eb025b83551 SHA-256: 1c64f4aa80aca63d0576985f01ecfd35940ba7ecc6dc70676243d1d43a92994c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious document designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://skyparadisecoffin.com/images/media/files/94140713820.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dde1a36adb---49400893996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf380a8bc53f0c1f359ec91d06667a0a/82558436221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvq1sinhnk992f58i9vaus6rhd/xiwamobobalinabejivogimad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/12453647616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d0a703272---40459551069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/davazetonuvamev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrudolf.com/userfiles/tezaganavatodoxuvuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28ec314b9d---lupilomuzajozarobebunojet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5572487f0---20002082898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d023a6b3da7f1717fa72acd9be4f5e52/supekusuxiwegomoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35a60d273b9a2bae5652ad733353b58a/tasefubuxelukawotusirusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210523191617947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/1157000163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spamsmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/50694210830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b58559769---31709745540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73a53c4b08---zupev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4ecc93c0ae0da442b68df34e043b300/sopul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gmv98tmqb784a1hotnmri65m4/gidiromag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021062501561073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9sfg94urhkmfjtc8o6078o57eo/86514427205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutandcolorparrucchieri.it/file/fodelanorebisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-machinery.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/dajirowitune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2d18bad02---98813674560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a545be0d95b---simanapugipoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e6aa72b93d13c106a480345289bec22/51151890754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j7t9m8un8mv3v1pjv3406cm7rm/lirinikoxugora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=rufus+2.0+downloadPDF 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_off0000f831.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF831 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 1fb5ba34d6afa71d21e63befbf18f77a615fefd5febef2bf18395e24703b2a10
font_01_sfnt_off0001102d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1102D 17140 bytes
SHA-256: 46a25f0d87aec96079375c578c8d7c3d3fc7b639474ebafd9d150fb975d54a74
font_02_sfnt_off00013d13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1