Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1099d705960f558…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 10:06:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 276bc58f02c512cd66a49c1d09559d71 SHA-1: e36bcdb56400d8bfa28e0129ddbf2cfa77d13888 SHA-256: c1099d705960f5582dab06625f1bc50f063dae81d9fd899f10fe50a109424cea
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it's an image-based lure designed to trick users into clicking links, with numerous external URIs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. An embedded JavaScript stream was also detected, which could be used to facilitate further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4a5ac94a1781ea579208a284c574ba6/35035051989.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://toyotaprius-custom.com/js/upload/files/nigumogatak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354173718e2---68696490912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denda.co.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28483812879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allier.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruworixukajomikusupilodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161302a9b8480b---58556404021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dataprint.ie/uploads/file/99831533183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c51baeedaf---32983029530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/nedusapulisimuporo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emons-verlag.net/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/87834225129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eamenfaraz.com/cache/fck_files/file/dimobowotilulazetexavila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/49209368664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sentai.cc/data/file/20210908_112842_848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenkin-t.com/upload_img/ck/files/63934132661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/dudozuvofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glaze-metalart.com/upload/files/56270289704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346013173f7---66612454253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newbiesites.com/userfiles/file/61051643720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://issaproject.com/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/matuvinexevebokakakamom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/fopozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d635f6272d---65606685546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfuse.it/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1631396043_2517187fab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/gogexeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+your+itunes+music+on+androidPDF 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_off0000af8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF8B 14264 bytes
SHA-256: bc19e34523db08ae11bc888a50b161c82b0f765ba9ec4f8c5aa1644f329c00cf
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eadd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEADD 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 43393586ef1545e6151cbc9135ad761b0c9d32bb3f17c5ff70232457c02c888b