Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1dc6c5c8b3774ac6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:55:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fed902d8c6a00205ad056044cd0ec9ba SHA-1: 326ee793e097c4495f8676d122e4cc13e6947203 SHA-256: 1dc6c5c8b3774ac6de12c034f5f171ce360dee21b357a733cc84243cd37bc1ef
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, directing users to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive link farm suggests a primary function of redirecting users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=advanced+trainer+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://atiksigorta.com/files/lukofunusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkofagesvt.org/clients/0/0e/0e42319052772b195a43ba3ede0f03e0/File/begefonisamikowefipujeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stensoproject.com/userfiles/files/82852707579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cachnhietcacham.vn/Images_upload/files/11025606922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ea3235fd31---96110436341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/nusametosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df9e700d51868e86cf0d7c7115860b3a/16768788036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/zisanatume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb9ec94371---fivikefajunifojadaduva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtammatnamviet.vn/upload/files/20460968249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosenstein.lu/userfiles/files/tilit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fpo1jrmra9n7l89cu9dvp91g0/visikabufeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/UserFiles/files/womepepopawetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/wovotamotutowuvugaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mdti49e10fdufui4e1v1j7jash/30314215961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eecpowerindia.com/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36457345287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phoiinnhiet.com/images/uploads/files/mipum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoop.legreniervert.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mibenuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daquin-ferriere.fr/userfiles/file/29402018427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab50d6987c068fc35455fe9c467a4db0/8501061851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heureka-cz.eu/files/41677317853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea47c2d1b372cff60fa90088f48a07ac/27594818742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5401a90ca7---gemaluxefomakogowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa88241631f---43944011447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/zafezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d55aa90f68---50998089823.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_off0000c076.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC076 16712 bytes
SHA-256: 6bd49dbe1854fcf3eb9b1c2380f67e5d28abced9771754c142e390690a7582e4
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB6C 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 1a7b54c84cbc33b77719699a30e3c742da63662f9261dab9ced19152ca742036
font_02_sfnt_off000102da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1