Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f1c400ce1175ccf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 04:03:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9bd82fbf3ad3b21002650ed940bc16fa SHA-1: a81f23ee4206cd895fa5e1bf90e94d55fa8999a6 SHA-256: 1f1c400ce1175ccfb6a9a6468179af8b1fe8ad0963a2c0005c993111143fd6d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's part of a phishing campaign to distribute further malicious content. The presence of invoice-related language further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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 http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7c3d3f322---zukuzazi.pdf
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b37c3a1d5---tezedivo.pdf
    • https://pmms-online.com/assets/file/jorazopo.pdf
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866b158ea65---84122106025.pdf
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609203ce1ccb6---sebikikejoruvamex.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7hvocr8u0lokfgsv5m48k6pg2/31293003286.pdf
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/fepixul.pdf
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ef8b4eb4b17231ed759280dfba5d54/fimivununi.pdf
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/25859742211.pdf
    • http://hotelamadeustorino.com/userfiles/files/3533400305.pdf
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/xubujewewa.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1cbaa721db987decfb9c068fe9579c5/jazunomujelejedabup.pdf
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ad6b3e60db2bdbd8bd6f769179285a8/58710215273.pdf
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d15132371a7076565e131e1c9919f8f1/zojifizosekedotome.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1qjjbmnpjofcqneqr9gj84cf5/29456666423.pdf
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/69412108428.pdf
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd632c53f66964322aec6b6f985027b2/ragemaborumemoxipavafe.pdf
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbhi1veg5ucajrmrvlq5gn3ia0/65048246593.pdf
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d99ddffc06714e25195ddac6c01bc8bf/85868422834.pdf
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0205vaefsn0nlgvebiak8bjev0/36223589831.pdf
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b5c3c2919---nijonitewupubosusanaxizik.pdf
    • http://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/88049839533.pdf
    • http://siripanyalamphun.com/user_img/files/lokazokigo.pdf
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11ca3c5287b17d028bc93564e799bd23/bejepowinede.pdf
    • http://kryotherapie.net/neu/userfiles/file/fuwifejazivikenam.pdf
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985608a8ac4---46661461011.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=the+order+in+which+financial+statements+should+be+prepared+is
    • 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_off0000e7c2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C2 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffd4.bin
9bae29529e07dfd702319be9eb75dcccedd539ff0545f9b08ac90a90131351cc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFD4 16176 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001296b.bin
373cdba72f4ab928c790f48c44be43ee873d415552790fd0d95d873ee7b2237d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1296B 11172 bytes