Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e76a1d2b3c9659a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 04:48:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2c2ef0deef3b9f77095d0362e5ed349c SHA-1: 097be7d27132eadd3e71ded9f69893d89bfbf8c6 SHA-256: 1e76a1d2b3c9659aff60df095f6d5a04eb117f39f0df91df5c02458c02223a14
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to lure users to external sites. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure strongly suggest a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://fcksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23183652355.pdf
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/bifimoga.pdf
    • https://qigoodteam.com/uploads/files/202109041808158394.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ab0fb639c1---mewoxajupabikevoxuzisomot.pdf
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161314b79f35f4---lebekekokaz.pdf
    • http://www.kizkulesikizogrenciyurdu.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/68326258996.pdf
    • http://www.civilhospitalpalampur.in/img/uploads/files/faxosotore.pdf
    • http://elazentrale.de/images/uploaded/file/50153513977.pdf
    • http://ambvet-trefontane.eu/userfiles/files/ratuvazuvogivebuwitagatur.pdf
    • http://lafiestadelmoto.cz/files/file/sipawojodunuweb.pdf
    • http://cafemsoffice.com/userfiles/files/71417756596.pdf
    • https://karatenarrewarren.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40618905683.pdf
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e2c541de4c---xugepo.pdf
    • https://eurochen.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/64785808789.pdf
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c99a60e6556e5b890ed81831dc60afe/46588913742.pdf
    • http://ark-mr.com/data/home/qxu2063190031/htdocs/uploadfile/files/43206789887.pdf
    • https://dafelia.com/files/79319943054.pdf
    • https://mailing.crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaxotexagusuzubepipiri.pdf
    • https://adium.ru/userfiles/file/fosuzebebe.pdf
    • http://ketoanaca.com/uploads/image/files/66694161982.pdf
    • http://brain-sh.tw/upload/file/82945476242.pdf
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb78041343063dfbf950c53aab206a0d/8829849916.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=clas+of+clans+wiki
    • 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_off0000b3e6.bin
a48f5137d4e046b4d42e3dfe0216d4e91244aa0567098cd739f6af1613d1f2c2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3E6 10208 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000caee.bin
e0562ffb977846768aea42014c94d7d5ee560f46d6739c347e964a8a4ce74998
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAEE 17684 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f84f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF84F 16792 bytes