Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1dc8bc68eb981f71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:23:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2b6036fda58bf5dd5858d9453b002791 SHA-1: be58619bedd75885a9ac9ce3c1873b71bb74f1ed SHA-256: 1dc8bc68eb981f71aa16c6d4b3bccc5c65e06d9297b5b198a59db4a55fd1ded2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a tactic to improve search engine ranking for malicious content. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of these links and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://peptidturkiye.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zivuwibizixupu.pdf
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/retudebunukebufe.pdf
    • http://cottoneauto.it/userfiles/files/kazolixararigoz.pdf
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6aced6210---53364711335.pdf
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2c7ea1d85---16828736077.pdf
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2386bd42c9---pozuvuwujobivagaxukefem.pdf
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f04bd66f337f43dbcc5cdb2c798b4f83/guzazakumawit.pdf
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/disebemeto.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a914149c5---13015287458.pdf
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39gbcjtl792l1sko9jguqfnuri/toruguxebemavem.pdf
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f67cb6d067---4741289909.pdf
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/41684439699.pdf
    • https://tadimtursu.com/image/files/12445634747.pdf
    • http://kperrylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/8787424851.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hg664v9tqmacvmeieeeos93ng5/4471222210.pdf
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/fuxizawod.pdf
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5c1f4682914d9e4d95ab2815dad11ef/biwawejezugujulobuwidokad.pdf
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/mofijogumototuwumoruw.pdf
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff446b0c93---15943087610.pdf
    • https://gastriklandsbf.se/UserFiles/files/62061144426.pdf
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/lopewozisotam.pdf
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3c13eaaeb---3491909380.pdf
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/32961013467.pdf
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.com/imagenes/file/53602029921.pdf
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd1f1bb2bf2271a14e4a41ad5cc61772/gawojofalefijunam.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=skillful+reading+and+writing+2+pdf
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee97.bin
cd11224289e9a96bc5b4af9e992560711f566f5042e457f04f4a6894489402f1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE97 16756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000119fd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119FD 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013214.bin
d50f710d598c0c3d34310af4932d246b2d035197b2d0549a6810380cce0fb3a5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13214 10860 bytes