Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fca99bd970038ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 00:04:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 644e6676f5fb6ea6ea1713c399d6a4e5 SHA-1: 28d113c9adcce21008c1f90d95c4092ed1853ffa SHA-256: 1fca99bd970038ea4d44e48d48151f343ac24d99d386e912855bc898e34e561f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a malformed exploit stream and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=clear+cache+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://gibidesign.com/fckfiles/file/vinikenefitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ariconium.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifobejugezadigufafezus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kommunikator.nu/demo/userfiles/file///girukijuvetazepebaris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokofontaenen.de/idata/66042486407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolorubursztynu.kolorubursztynu.pl/web/uploads/files/dexazuruniwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesrimaudieres.com/images/uploads/file/34621476744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctcinsulator.com/uploads/file/29685505246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuvasarkar.org/userfiles/file/vinisesajovefeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37961414159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613520cd25a9c---mudodubegosaligivopubame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hnhaa.com/userfiles/tnejp/files/xeponelojir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73fe6501527929a43ec25c1c8beaa5e9/90859674016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/98926309717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jysfh.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-6/20210906111242185607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhrc.in/userfiles/file/xadilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frigotechreina.com/userfiles/files/89373418815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udaybharat.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jobufuluja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocoachfox.com/userfiles/file/gadap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a89fc37d40659e5828dd1ebcdd292c7/78368978048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zahidnawaz.com/UploadedImages/image/40532382718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/toxikexipusonedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/55294276879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficimm.fr/userfiles/files/47395776195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myapartment.de/web/editor/files/51614642856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dungculamdep.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/meloreguzubet.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_off0000cb52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB52 20228 bytes
SHA-256: 3f3cc43c765cec84706d0d1c65e529377f4432819bf68b7d76b9b483ac1ca381
font_01_sfnt_off00010133.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10133 10012 bytes
SHA-256: f515ff6ae9e8d36fe1ed7365b865cd4fce40c39b385e9e0474dcd1c84477620e
font_02_sfnt_off0001178f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1178F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1