Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c8e7bbf8f1fe982…

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 12:03:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a8b7549f7610a1c680131308403bb2c0 SHA-1: 9486ac9953b5c69f52759c88e8ee4944bd592693 SHA-256: 1c8e7bbf8f1fe98257aa022f42593c5a8d5bff0d41aee760fb164b4dd7751bb1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish users. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9899

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/47881621518.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70f54b0627cfebe14ea805bb2e4dbff2/57919573579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-1.ru/userfiles/files/33406772157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f268186e7a---40927319540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.odnpoznan.pl/fotki/file/file/30564905949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/96552467787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoal.com/uploads/file/zipezuzigoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3c8a26bc4---vanewusedasawemaxutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c70f402c7ae---90361157487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m99mii9gfr40vjqmneo2hjudk5/jowetuserazaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb6715171c---kotuwesaxeduteveju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdac82a9ccb---92558507886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lebedosapartotel.com/data/yukle/files/zudasexamewujopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jaipbl7krin54dudiip9kd0r00/zinimojopozejatimiduke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ef12d24b4d16e80bba05dc5ca1395f0/nunukezupezitulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/79906659107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f5cc47039faaa75ad6053fa8c5b8a84/44534129040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphambambi.com/webroot/img/files/89898372110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35560685554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/73363096207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jenipsgo2jssufkpf75rkle4r4/tumokobajufevobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/69800704097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae4605df63---ramexubodominotegidedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benjamindreyer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6dc3987ba3c3de99fa057fba3ddb33c/lubipatubirusizobuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d7ef60f78---27252504063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxpgw.com/userfiles/file/pakupizarapakevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=aristotle+and+religionPDF link annotation
    • http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsIn 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_off00018b64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18B64 10404 bytes
SHA-256: 6778106635dc1d95258f462a455db8591806e98ce31638786c19ca309eb99db9
font_01_sfnt_off0001a2d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A2D5 17144 bytes
SHA-256: 48fbd1350a821aefaa2de6e784251b975b7c43849adc8c57b3e972baf4dcf9d5
font_02_sfnt_off0001cfac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CFAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1