Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d784ea8dc790a49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.0 KB Created: 2021-07-05 03:44:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5a3e6ba1dd885cbde6ff865a373c74f3 SHA-1: 9337afb524ac3e9163812e8ecb3438d06a439819 SHA-256: 1d784ea8dc790a49424d5e351cd340e4d55454bda4d1b9dfe37cc0853d1ec7b1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics points towards a tactic of luring users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://cjsc.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64430790239.pdf
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3fd98bcd18---65061918606.pdf
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e961b2a3ed---38646287770.pdf
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4dc99f85b3641e392d6e2d41164f23f/jegubogokebokapajuv.pdf
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3f26b9008---nilavajisirumawuzifitow.pdf
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cfb59d73fde442a4dfe7f66c43791af/dajevelokodif.pdf
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c60128ac2faa8f6e4bfecc5718e59a9c/kuduvizosi.pdf
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/nuropuxozaduguz.pdf
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608772d9093f6---8543433460.pdf
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/muzabuwugebixakususepupiw.pdf
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097a2b7ea3ef---86169855884.pdf
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e26bb9b504d0f7f609d5922ef66db9a6/31737913743.pdf
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2083e8814d1c9693885461093021d35b/81184519027.pdf
    • http://n2nlah.org/UserFiles/file/givoziludatidar.pdf
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/tezopubibufasajelinixenor.pdf
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38963ff87bbd48f3ccb879e93c815df8/dotisefafuz.pdf
    • https://tatsolarlight.com/uploads/files/55702373047.pdf
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bk08gkqqnmgl25tick6mk9siho/52428153455.pdf
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e613f6e81e3f6c67252778d769ff9963/xabujugofelewugezavaloso.pdf
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af8a6e1afda1fee7a10200a994721701/19651730114.pdf
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29812827833.pdf
    • https://langumeistras.lt/i/File/luliwepiruxuw.pdf
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/padetamoxadagitoratene.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=last+judgement+day+in+bible
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00014e57.bin
39c6388d38e0e33b6f43a7d3eefeb929dedcf1faaae6ec529b8c8afbe52816e9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E57 18632 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00017e58.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17E58 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001966f.bin
e33dc6d6d425a06c53f6e60e87572f03c3e004161607e6016ff94e3e6892de00
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1966F 10812 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001af14.bin
2e305796065a2dadf50c0ca097fe05c6c046c437908b64147a646796691fdccd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AF14 17688 bytes