Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cdb6d3cfedf26ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-27 23:58:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 947eebc0de32fa77373e1660a36d33c6 SHA-1: 6204153e3ca1633e3e02765f75bea3eac306f00e SHA-256: 1cdb6d3cfedf26acc061f34e6939e1bfea2acd67a16895dbd7c72c633850e409
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, forming a link farm. An embedded JavaScript stream was also detected, which could be used to further obfuscate the malicious intent or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8323679184a1e4163f817abbedde11d6/bebedonarapotegarun.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070363c9c963---punidipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perlawarmii.pl/userfiles/file/33993623600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcfkenzi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jerilagivanagilonovotox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.es/d/files/xilitolenofis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/fezojeripe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c84bd91a13---kamasikulifezega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinese-wall.tw/upload/files/buzud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8e314e769d9850e4e63b18df7219413/kativepifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/8269090760958b3b61a68.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/97953069159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb12cfdc180d0de0c651bf6a007d1745/popapugasajijebages.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52f654dd245fc9f500931cbae6e2ef6a/9057830521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mvs3isgji49inhvuc57sgqd0h/8125508467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dee54e5176e46d55585f174ac8339d1/65884788343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9c51066d4---rafumesugixixibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/rimane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar-toys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5439262076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3j26o1je7nqhekrt5p2s6ih4u7/mozubeputozukorijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d816027240dca23983b85036b39ffd5/vikiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avgdesign.com/userfiles/file/21486142944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be2770651e9---sirinepavutomimuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3e3508e8a---45062085404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=newton%27s+third+law+of+motion+questions+and+answers+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_off0000ef75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010787.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10787 16212 bytes
SHA-256: 553fc0ab5faa37d75852c20de71a0276a9e21b981b09c2900b05f42520dec061
font_02_sfnt_off0001319f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1319F 11104 bytes
SHA-256: ead924438f9da4944ff665f8831552237ed2c1228c5212627495ac7c841cc296