Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c97fdf00676f0ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-08-29 12:58:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 923b8fd47fa3d1ea1493697cfdce5736 SHA-1: 5ee48ebb81948a8e1457c7d65d843149bea865b5 SHA-256: 1c97fdf00676f0ca371feae8c21669bee1bc75982530814938c96299df50622b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, likely to distribute further malware or phishing content. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.portaldasfreguesias.com/portugal/vianadocastelo/vianadocastelo/geraz_do_lima_sta_maria/ckeditor/ckfinder/file/bakajakixazadin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9c27e464a8b8cce0781e03e53f5243c/65762007100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thokhoavietnam.com/upload/files/57841112311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziazsauto.com/uploads/files/75250527043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbhshipyard.com/userfiles/file/nidobumimuxakavolerog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105061514035056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robvancampen.nl/userfiles/file/vebakijafosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36cdfc0a6795340a5f5fe7baec770683/73476995828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frgqn95lg7l3jh8rvkkfv92ql4/74807476912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abc2d56112---lonivoxomumaxozexaligeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/porenakusekotizat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nistd.in/userfiles/file/50010305845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757e42bd983---kemamibomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/rilupowadas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reopen911.info/media/file/zezokagoxotiwazuzavigux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanasiri.com/piceditor/file/68241897115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0b2d1afc4---kelomekumugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gestioniarmatoriali.it/ramumewowulowibaneronaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161075cd9238a3---25011876805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygenius.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nojazefolurobuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae6215c5603---mizaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc689bf804---42884156447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808a720b8bf---wepimitewojefomekinet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56d3200ba85be1a56863c916e27498a6/sazuvirawut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vzwsportenmuziek.com/content_docs/35343146678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=cricoid+cartilage+calcification+x+rayPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d960.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD960 18004 bytes
SHA-256: 7e0f237e995f6bb12cd149d25a70976203927260deaecc2fa4913dd29dd01cd5
font_01_sfnt_off0001075c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1075C 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 9c0c4f44242f50b29b36f191bdc688f1e1bf6ba3285f7d6e40eaaca17917cd81
font_02_sfnt_off00011ff0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FF0 16972 bytes
SHA-256: 9ecfe7072d1d78974e16cb8cf56ff36da8e59192eebf59c61485cf4a61ce1d54
font_03_sfnt_off0001389b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1389B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1