Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ce76fa0b0cfd364…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 17:30:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 33d05c8b0c602fe0e20db728c20330dd SHA-1: f4fa3628bf52fe732abcc555ac647a578ae76384 SHA-256: 1ce76fa0b0cfd364b97f2919825592d8d868269b41e72f62fa87d295788cc544
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, indicating it's not intended for direct user reading but rather as a container for malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc59c94f09---vitiluwolifi.pdf
    • http://petra-koparki.pl/Upload/file/600166286.pdf
    • http://lnimeina.it/userfiles/files/57873678524.pdf
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a95178jq5u972lorcdum4q9ce/xeposaraxexisilumoraxat.pdf
    • http://grimastone.ru/files/60398162613.pdf
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5919a7d07a5fe7c8ea00e91394da618d/43294095491.pdf
    • http://fskyok.com/uploadfile/files/gasosexulidoxolirutavax.pdf
    • http://ohmamakitchen.com/uploads/files/nofalosazesozufagamebumet.pdf
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qgb07e2snli8e7kj2memplgr7d/fafateburelijebalajamev.pdf
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1abf8ab251cc108b36b964c1b5bdfe63/52627954783.pdf
    • http://deficanderel.org/clients/6/67/674a09facce11b7629d390eef9534ff9/File/56943697173.pdf
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e275b9869e---70298773250.pdf
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609669d9c66d6---lutusojopamusipirorum.pdf
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents//files/26154023924.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982a676fde5---tunawafiw.pdf
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771e6778d54---54556306646.pdf
    • http://klinok-saintp.ru/files/jisizajotoz.pdf
    • http://trunglam.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/nomexusu.pdf
    • http://tiquital.com/documentos/file/faxutitakerorutojari.pdf
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879f1008000---bupijudiwatos.pdf
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/nesurisowolumepuro.pdf
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/24445755116.pdf
    • http://lexen.ca/userfiles/files/37804965275.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=entrepreneurship+skills+pdf
    • 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_off0000b9b7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9B7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1ce.bin
aa94345f1d84f9c7a6ea7a786120771b331418ddb885c8f4433e8dd210cbfa2b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1CE 10488 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e97f.bin
703bb1a7ce0914946c7f4b19c2683e5e2d046b26c45b2838e3c87872422f8369
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE97F 15220 bytes