Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 255c1bc17b4345ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.3 KB Created: 2021-07-01 13:19:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 20435d3b0504f43ca810c77abdc39517 SHA-1: cbc5e7ee4b243d6837becf372dd4b28e276261fc SHA-256: 255c1bc17b4345ab92af31d4d6e2da7c5f315797dd51b482de8b79915827b448
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, suggesting an attempt to hide its malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=police+in+cartoon PDF link annotation
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4be6a275c2---10668843088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/38724610960c8d1ac9c566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607beb940cc37---38966775372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a923ee64842---zumopisowenowumeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e3a963a9bdf328cf876078d9e1a27ef/vigodejeniwipodemofagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23dbd52b8953fce969650c1c9607214b/41248738350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c111258a734---xakagib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansecyr.ca/pdf/file/setenixilekiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/74384686203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d651503469---23462829916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union.travel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowajisaregefujuguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oelsk6en1qee7ra9uu8961589b/6474676281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/83063406409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/15446710599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c27dc2dc8e0---68021299211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210627_8849013A6E358B34.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6v6b4ff6cd80dfjk4995n7urgp/wajam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8298fa616aa07bcc5dc3dfaa0098045e/foriserarozukokefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiyoaquris.cn/upload/userfiles/files/20210530054420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e9e8c9cfc---dumijijoxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/zesupitugowezavupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/898045049d1f722b6e3da945de9e8061/xivekajezojugerupatibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa04e878e29---zinuwugelumitobonewusepiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amghanoi.com/images/ckeditor/files/60838498770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96c75b98dd1a0cae07fb66cde617a750/15851232187.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_off000120d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120D7 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 7e32cc1de7676094fc2fcb597dba0040a7d7f75a3089debb06eb0c760efac6db
font_01_sfnt_off00014d9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D9F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000165b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x165B6 10056 bytes
SHA-256: e44babe8bac614c85dd328f52c8ce8f8ac67dc1cfb2238ebe92dd311c852d6b2