Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cc549a0c08c0516…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-08-10 18:58:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 27166c411266211c3a569be7342228d7 SHA-1: 6b3d57217dbc13419b33edffc5d7700e5143e0c3 SHA-256: 1cc549a0c08c051610b94594ed3183144fa12a0f1c5a2411aa61e9ddf554da15
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=surface+area+and+volume+of+a+castle+worksheet+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • http://deborahmayerlawoffices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/danagatotakuwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/duzoribevuxuvoluguzikof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/69952514445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ec69936a99c978bb30102e5477e4d15/1549781893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8523bf834---serixuxusabepire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanarotalk.com/userfiles/file///31696393247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmgec.com/Uploadfiles/files/72126174392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832378cb781---99060546249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wongkungfu.ca/clients/f/f5/f5c316b966f29b3192b3e9e3c5714b3c/File/dobuzijefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/jusonisogemebiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsound.ro/images/custom/file/79841801954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://residenciasanamaro.es/userfiles/files/7487823273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bdda140c8a---22679663087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebco.ru/images/file/kogupafugulijasunolumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/36313779385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mt-creativestudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wirazizerozodipasuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csu6oubtjoq48fokided2ae5cv/wotonozomafutixagig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/fufunevoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9iru53s5jrnvihc9ciq6dj8g61/88082698372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eff6ebab00---bipukezutodiwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vjmhob76ib00bfahcpuo143m2/16207632104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b85b7928db4---16330420811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/201ca403415a43766f5bd1108e699812/wegenazevesovitov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-07-27-20-48-55-g4CXzwbE.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_off0000ca7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA7B 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 1fabb9a83c1337a49e6cf13c71ebe540a3f254cff246a44f074046d001027faa
font_01_sfnt_off0000e494.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE494 17076 bytes
SHA-256: 471a2fc1a77defb1c17393473263656f83df034f43a11d983019c1ec0012b828
font_02_sfnt_off000110f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1