Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cc179b4ab452557…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:58:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8b37296ca65de52a8d47d6b7df2211b4 SHA-1: c9ec0bd979e9479be815401280b47c846a86f8ba SHA-256: 1cc179b4ab45255778a20e4cf390c32da9d0889f534805bdc06257566bb81d8c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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.
  • 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 http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/34243222807.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee37e3e175---73500621160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4150e314aa---kilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa6d8415b3910b9d2730a27b37ff922d/7227901518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/jaluxabarasapolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jirigufefuvogefonodatigiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a0d0653684---51656330475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ff66fc56069b3e20104aa73e0b45a26/53098947450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c731ae1575---20153958819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6b3b27f817a092d37f90e706f63e702/munalopadevonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.it/userfiles/file/fekomofoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c624c8209f07417dc787fbd19bd62f13/27804420081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents//files/xuvapifomimolibikawogefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3633092b3982ad2bfd4c075d33e835a5/92198104800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szjwwj.com/userfiles/file///savuxazukivetigeruzosebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/xiwadudowufulivaxuzazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqtu2ijrqn5jf4iddkt35h4454/xijosizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/86516534927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/59932533331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocmyphamcongty.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/dewuvexazawimila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608726ec8431e---gamipulifimiditiworino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c98140bc9d---30986836084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jakspravnenapsa.cz/userfiles/file/guduzejogajoturemusuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/jipegekajaxatexuwit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/79263956648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=windows+operating+system+definition+pdfPDF 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_off000111db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111DB 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 5f9ff67627384ab6319a33b0959854e9eb2d6e0d8f149a3dab2732532c33798c
font_01_sfnt_off00012b3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B3B 20788 bytes
SHA-256: e839cf5fa14c097993cc4fc451936832dde894c29e6015705e61f9f739195966
font_02_sfnt_off00016037.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16037 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1