Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cffb3b8d1c2e631…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:56:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 02e83e604e7df0125e16c01ab414e08f SHA-1: 591b0d4fe2d406d548197315d7aea91203045132 SHA-256: 1cffb3b8d1c2e6317ad3a63e61345afb1a64512de1c744a54cfd3233b84db5d2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are compromised CMS uploads. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to potentially harmful content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/jalobobufirojelufufezis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/vobiripesadabagepimixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3ace242ce---45182419207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdesignhouse.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/dezuperigofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075aeaaa0dbb---pikunuvamibiwuwunuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/wesujokezol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.willmarareachamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viguwisosozaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf0631ee951---sifoxusukire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/64641077110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92ce00632db838da3efc95f148c0fb9b/pumupebemude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://on-call-anatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53628440129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a0cad9d6c9e1977c155d7fc64064f39/lasepuvubukodejedoxupowof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa78baf1ca---vinijebuxamukagewojulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hg61g2itlha4p7h3knl4er42u1/dilumimupifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609daa18dd284---kezafajawan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chieusangducphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/jazowemufejawokenumibeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06734e8de0---wejisesefoxuxolum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd499c6bc2---68897156453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//20917274125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16a063e08066c1f0b9459597995a0912/vivob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de6d24868d---88235435936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b433fcc18dc---dawutosulomifemefevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec964d3a47---nupevorires.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarivenezia.eu/userfiles/files/silonevibulodeduwutejuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=volume+of+3d+shapes+word+problems+worksheet+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_off0000e4ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCBE 17320 bytes
SHA-256: 555ddb79c197fe7082ee3104d43836c0cc77f76a119dcb519177edaffdd94ae5
font_02_sfnt_off000129ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129FF 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 96547f27f868db08278a9bebcb3ad3939b02863d2b84572078313781ae7c0625