Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d1dfcbe7517b1e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.7 KB Created: 2021-09-26 12:49:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 9908ad02a4c7513f02356c22289d393f SHA-1: c65ab03946f1adce320d5e891da01f070857ae67 SHA-256: 1d1dfcbe7517b1e60cdf76538d788668a9599dcc967c1e46a05dd5435951a981
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier assigned a high probability of maliciousness. Numerous external URLs are embedded within the PDF, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to lead users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=new+tv+live PDF link annotation
    • http://hondatayho.vn/images/ckeditor/files/66421321264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29d76e76c94111c94af7ad5748895100/37195803802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210926012653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/zowiwosobasivebadoruso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b9c267ba67---79489278120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://embassyinvietnam.com/webroot/img/files/logodetibewopalagugixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklima.net/upload/ckfinder/files/45812398161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velomagazin.hu/UserFiles/file/zegemupenakofotasefegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightofislamonair.org/uploads/files/37869527963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://network-italia.com/file/88387566106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85128844734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodbridgeabw.com/uploads/files/58819418318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventechsite.com/files/files/12844999568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ba71c453e1---pafifagofalafobefawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenzaeden-albisola.com/userfiles/files/13981860940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mentor-tutor.com/newGroserLikeProject/uploads/files/zonadarokudimedobiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lighthousemacau.com/html_upload/file/lugezimixepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giant-nano.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/mobajobufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vientangluc.com/upload/files/9962925661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsaltsj.com/uploads/files/7055397017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simsvizag.com/contentimages/file/10680312744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fe7dd356307d84fc612400617398344/51039218411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/kosivoguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://articolo17.it/siti/usr/foto/files/81230813440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000afed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7FF 14756 bytes
SHA-256: 346bf3dc9784afc155334efde11bd4d90160878dc4528deaed718c07107048e6
font_02_sfnt_off0000eceb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECEB 9576 bytes
SHA-256: 26efad55eab333f03be6e2423606a564e2210c1f1684d7e1405ca467c79ca5cd