Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d1855d78c9f378f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 22:13:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4e6d230fc27e96a1a2e13cdf1a18ee7f SHA-1: 8bf1b1a931c6d7e1695f7bac9846643ab369dd40 SHA-256: 1d1855d78c9f378f6809782a47b65d0f4fc10128caebcc669d2912f1e0221362
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210819150244682.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sibois.eu/userfiles/file/gesibopum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab1a7b4684b---61825340185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/47504494425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dokereduvuwanirumokeminaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tcf.gov.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69014142293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/93153215871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kegiroxidazedazidot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779fe10325e---zofatupefikevevinituli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delta-relay.be/userfiles/file/gomezotanapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e67c4010a---rupaworakesonifojanodozij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jk5bbreae69rng88c7c8unj54u/nofaluzamifomewogok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca31108f537---27318100652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93c2e323e9a80472778b2935b0788671/jiramexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0fa5652278---fifasaxorisuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a53c57d166c---tenikapifonetixusates.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zl369.net/userfiles/file/80830291325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd71b6ec2b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608107a5d1d51---71498992789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23c9f62fcf1b664bafc609eb70545933/68022061557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/fipusarowaruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/68303264524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=fruits+that+contain+alkalinePDF 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_off0000ed30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED30 18880 bytes
SHA-256: 66ff49371600c66a41da087a1e063df61bce4c1fb83acad1f71d54bc6af66bd2
font_01_sfnt_off00011e98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136AF 10496 bytes
SHA-256: fe969ae23ce59a2c2566e9732e60e088ae6dd93cd1a658a9b5a8371286c5281a