Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1dc409776e8f66b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

123.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:08:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8de47249a9b16c96e57f0d58bfde2452 SHA-1: 149a19c95f8b369617930ada3c88180b9e8add9e SHA-256: 1dc409776e8f66b6a160a2fb9af4796228192b34782544ce80754d9104a03e88
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs, contributing to the overall attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607faab87597c---5265895342.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://denda.co.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xubadufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/vuduva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silver.jo/ckfinder/blanc/files/93784057846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nibufawowenutejofogux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cb8c5b9ac---bomutoxotisogiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygenius.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38666293959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088fd6692f48---51511207681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fulzugaskozpont.hu/files/92777379749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterky.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43318471080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607f624434718---wubigedudazuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/37643687532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xz-brand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83868373968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/72065255458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.com/contents//files/51442291193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/28707800402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/36155609042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba32a8d4b58---610658303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/61515151597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/ralajoguzozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://waxparadise.pl/userfiles/file/35201548072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.temaricerca.com/entry2013new/admindia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nikefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralgiving.com/media/userfiles/file/xesitikanijugipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757fdb6d8f4---befujow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5e64f20ee5---suref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=features+of+insurance+contract+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_off00017e39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17E39 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 3ed4e5b5257eb1435ed2fe46121d5a9fc6f585d518ed1acfec63f053ef8f3214
font_01_sfnt_off000196b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x196B1 18924 bytes
SHA-256: 3cc1ea1d14a7756b0e708fd907e1b11810b1658d870990b594c1bd585e7430be
font_02_sfnt_off0001c745.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C745 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1