Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c8f34612bf65ff4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:11:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 3cb2d33f102d00f0492841b40e4ffa27 SHA-1: d36e3d42fb0d710a5f6d4bc47eddfe8a39e4db2a SHA-256: 1c8f34612bf65ff43c268013aa8579b280b344557c5e7de7a0ba77ed20fa1c67
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. The heuristics indicate it's an image-only document designed to trick users into clicking embedded links. These links predominantly point to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a distribution mechanism for further malicious content or redirection to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=said+is+dead+printable+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac0e79b09e---pobetumowenin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/25312090546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvconstructionsgoa.com/pharma/admin/userfiles/file/vivixijosedukilumegine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d490d0eaed03988be69e284d02b28016/91717187551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/zesumokeninedutizigalono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/15291459808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://branonperformance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xonilogipije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q9017ohhiaicmccf8ebqs4eeh4/migeboxafipoturuxuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resortcrimea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mitalivifefesor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumputhijau.com/contents//files/19983848210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dafangtour.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/87097337391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c772c15554550706e175a1990e379f2/43191950968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abhimaninteriors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91776266752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0025576fb8cbe4af079ffea5cdc0e338/25833612649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761b50649c2---64873985626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b57cfda12e---dedujizavewefiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fulepmark.hu/nyebu/fulepmark/userfiles/file/puvodan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9ac06820c---4914745573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9b49f01097---lubudamolanikujugukodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telenovella-bg.com/files/kubusitajebiruguxepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agapetown.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43069413770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f55f13a44---valepopisogiboduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/40085959184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6c0cceae81---45816312112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/250c50e899956320b7624c19e0687257/20630032394.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_off0000b60b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB60B 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 549d0849c5f7593cb0346c43bd9e903c449a9f4f82eaf9895414c88d895a40c4
font_01_sfnt_off0000ceeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6FD 14364 bytes
SHA-256: 0d6388bbc53998fb40b3164f4dd2936f3732f50f5faa444202f6f902dec5ef28