Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c99c5bfcff309aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 08:31:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3a321174ba29489c780837270c84b7ae SHA-1: 0467a5198522ddec2dbfbefd3d76ae9387787785 SHA-256: 1c99c5bfcff309aaffa92abcd9c1bb989be11b71bc48565ae189fa443c8ea05f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm used for SEO poisoning to lure victims. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc736df030c94ae2562c0c2534726958/xasijatofexufemokixamow.pdf
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e5da950de8b0a3fe5a4bd7c6b0a3c64/52255703121.pdf
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9e84d629193bfe9df14d605042b04bc/45643089751.pdf
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a227498e655---92014557899.pdf
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76fbu4j1gevif9rl682j2ks79s/78217317805.pdf
    • http://goraku-sangyo.com/userfiles/file/86188706654.pdf
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607164dfa1f89---19151853910.pdf
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0156df5754ecf22f89cd08cf55592a3/posokosifezegike.pdf
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42584aff12c0d582ab5f6011601fabcc/joveboditiketosema.pdf
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3mq3hvdmglv4338gpahcdq1h5/juzawomivuru.pdf
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d8ce80e1b---naxutikaradi.pdf
    • https://etimes.mn/uploads/files/11189121531.pdf
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781512236af---38836527693.pdf
    • http://sunrui-ti.com/d/files/lurarumuz.pdf
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/medugomakiguditomilikan.pdf
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0be72766a---delebutogibulupuz.pdf
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e054d8cb0ca87dc901ac8d41c342726/liwawireduwi.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b301b238b---57186946206.pdf
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2624a84ac---47881442461.pdf
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cfe9d430df---misarepenagixibu.pdf
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d6906eb55a45ad8f6b32fe16e55f6c1/pekavapo.pdf
    • http://mawaevents.com/uploads/file/gepisuduredosul.pdf
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/65899024021.pdf
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/806ebb45292fe3c3f5f96097b22d8338/xovatuve.pdf
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/vusopevedoxumi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=windows+xp+spider+solitaire+download+for+windows+10
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f3eb.bin
e2435db03235e006836aa65cd19eec28f42bd3e91efb212a132bb89d7922b31d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3EB 16708 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011f4f.bin
5adcead784df23b9c37bfa17c430662b290a4772bb6992f5590543e593862b87
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F4F 10844 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013892.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13892 16792 bytes