Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cd5df28bbaba60d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-06 01:06:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 386fd2c331b1ff025c18eccd72e8d3c8 SHA-1: 26056cf03d27d4f63b9ed83285fa1de68b89d6ff SHA-256: 1cd5df28bbaba60d07c75b3fea424881c2016b8b047124cf28c48fd8ef42e204
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Several heuristics point to the document acting as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cbse+malayalam+class+10+question+paper+with+answers+2021 PDF link annotation
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4734b2bc31---39331138823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sergey-yushkov.com/pict/file/nefawugorize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/mutulafenitixutakafomok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tantecoccole016.it/file/71894002263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/surokuvomotolajunirev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a1f93dbdb907a882057cbbab16044d3/75482534180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/ronus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/nalijopaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--54-dlcdkamdj4btild5b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9213280838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swissfun.tv/var/www/porn4me.ch/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23379720693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bf05f78ea686099a504a323eca88dd3/xuzewafemajetufopukam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/makuwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864ec5ead6d---davilad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7953ab6ac7---50179551545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/59679533179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/73361326163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mg8ggia40m25d395sj06e3gst5/45553221806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myqself.com/upload/files/wojugunozozewena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c208a3a75---28486258768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebd3abba9f8b436a83880044cd9af948/66669616828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4oehl8r1hn0ljlsqg9om3h84h4/64921262286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829d428bebf---gekegineguvozagowana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac036a6dea4---20699546033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meimagedance.tw/ufiles/files/fesugofamumilulamozeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sofujolunikadudaxipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.doctor-carpet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lncm15gs98uehe7j8r6dg7mnb3/zobigalusijubumowijekux.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_off0000e86f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE86F 17132 bytes
SHA-256: 22dcbdd3f4b93815b8dd0c98f8f1c872ab1142114d85d48bd2c82467a4236fc1
font_01_sfnt_off00011478.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11478 11552 bytes
SHA-256: 6ea07392a4dd1f37dda08c2b2610a26507e54d927bf335f19d96a9bb82339b38
font_02_sfnt_off00012fa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1