Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cf172e4847ef534…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:20:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ad624b212e931efa71894efadc8d248e SHA-1: 54e3099fc9bb4e0fdb954074acb6d28eefabf806 SHA-256: 1cf172e4847ef534ce85f5511a413d56cf0e529b269e796e272079a1d49667c9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and ML classifiers, containing embedded JavaScript. This script likely redirects the user to external URLs, as indicated by the numerous PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics. The presence of compromised CMS upload links and disposable hosting further suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://cosmopolitanhotelbg.lastrada.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/sipumunofafijokide.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41205b814c---powukikanufakomegotopigak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/18441141200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nctpa.biz/clients/5/51/51e593b678cc4707ea5ff7b662bcbdb9/File/faninaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingchengs.com/jingchengs/ckfinder/files/20210731075807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salespate.com/userfiles/file/dazixinatos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cadd7a4daec---69519837802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activsport.ro/userfiles/file/10506403807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cbff31c7e4---47130927666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0o9uvj5mdtmig907bs9cf3fah6/65521450569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ce0621b3995a933e62eecfa2579e03d/73932943563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maginsaatmetal.com/resimlerfiles/99832496344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zabixilesufubewibivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bosch-elektronarzedzia.pl/catalog/file/48241702456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artside.org/data/temp/file/gurofiludafojujejubijejij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koopmankennedyfeller.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sokuvukoliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tochuchoinghi.org/files/ganaxopegowudonunazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/delodegur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccb584d846626f6058720127331122a9/nagirekonodigatilogidelex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54db2d0426d50b48f1fcc57e3e960d9b/wiziberugirafeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoonhovensvrouwenkoor.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wilufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/36689208194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanmarinreunion.com/clients/c/c0/c0747301521b2fcd71a0106c9132c7e7/File/vaxewifemabewimimakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lonijenadakipebinuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=collections+close+reader+grade+8+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_off0000f4a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A4 19188 bytes
SHA-256: 7e9ed2b80694502d078a2a31ff5f1fbd780baffcc24e076984e6832c8cc79a9f
font_01_sfnt_off00012692.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12692 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 4f9e54c1c90b666cc793579a519e0019a6822fee2f095cc94f98ebc6558161f6
font_02_sfnt_off0001402b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1402B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1