Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c73343853c46cdc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 15:00:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0304322fa5b65a1548d9ce06c5604b1f SHA-1: 2ff378d58f96d36ad63e904804ede58f97aa9049 SHA-256: 1c73343853c46cdc06e274d9ae9abf5593e56112db511cf773fdf47258595183
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to redirect the user to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://designmaster.in/scgtest/eec-new/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/medabenapuligutigapuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sijixiwetanotebonizumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.net/ckfinder/images_store/files/77241761055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sambelteri.com/contents/files/rasimejupop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/6737842525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santehsevast.ru/userfiles/files/riluxojotadupavopodagow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectagsafety.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63459076056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zaragozadenoche.es/upload/files/81352892651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plantessentialoil.com/upload/files/44451671330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osmed.cz/app/webroot/files/files/momes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f241d13a0325e351bbc2625ebe4bdea/15474437358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f26d498892---nerinux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailygiasi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/45486741776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140fd50075e6---5075853990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2smjiqfelgdt3u2219o5o7prb/jijudide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavaszitura.eu/userfiles/files/razubupiwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidropro.hu/upload/rumifes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139cb922264b---gupapajexebijemile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87ddce43366e80566c067bd3d5bcdc47/97099743641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/559e5ed0fde5bcdbffafb391ef1faa04/siraxevofijavoleli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoldjogsi.hu/uploads/files/rajuxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyd.rs/images/file/36228149175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidrometa.com/images_upload/files/40806281696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+unblock+numbers+on+my+android+phonePDF 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_off0000e682.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE682 18188 bytes
SHA-256: bcfdf457ad491975ddcb1da9b7d355d55e782d1b59732c74b36f35972ab7d0db
font_01_sfnt_off00011647.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11647 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E5E 11304 bytes
SHA-256: 38391fba0b04f291cf62d2059cf2364c7e5eec7e88e8c4ff69d4443e8114a031