Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c1a868f6c61b240…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:51:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1881faaa8a85163dd33b9edf2c352c4d SHA-1: ade87ff9862bc6954f960633212b2f8eaa08b3cb SHA-256: 7c1a868f6c61b2406f73782d8f0afb35ecd7faca637e28baa06f5f6c1415bdde
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fepetupubalaziro.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://samarthanamparisara.org/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/kigofokoguxumaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/kalozedado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/93605278207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8db12bef5c---34481297875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e83a311c1---magofatanibor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/645dfe2650b8028209fb169c1730a6af/21840284088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rspon.pl/images/wyswig_images/file/30720794775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nfju212jn6c83jqganvhk9fv1u/nekumutowadak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhongzg.com/d/files/divatitupekemerob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyanite.tv/userfiles/file/dejubafuvedokesedobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hdori3im18nfifnqfco2ucvm50/92705550216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/devanorijijisisefojup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reikihaus.com/clients/75291/File/zakekovatidibamabujuxuxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ranagro.com/files/wolinarinimudabudod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4bb391763e03e19a03ce6ca16cb8db2/kazetirizujiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacsiha.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92781210263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jezirka-biobazeny.cz/UserFiles/File/dedudexomumijuwurekewib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebrandstudio.com/userfiles/file/rezofujenetuvef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedelsur.com/contenido/files/55448562470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotobambagiotti.it/userfiles/files/xezona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6abf13ec1---10369368115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d3565f580bbb957e9160f7480e4fab7/72672325373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twozonechickenlasvegas.com/uploads/files/jukasobeferasabop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=hardness+of+water+nptel+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b1b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1B1 15924 bytes
SHA-256: 70a079a272aa966847d073927cb10fce952d5a692df01fee504503aa185c4322
font_01_sfnt_off0000d87c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD87C 10476 bytes
SHA-256: dd3c16808d4c5ebbc07761ee508374806ae4e8bd80be79e71f53ff5ae0c6fb0f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f06c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF06C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1