Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1790dbe373b4cd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:33:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a56e4e4f47cc063b52d8b076d2560114 SHA-1: 4728011f351fcc438064a347acc402100fda349b SHA-256: c1790dbe373b4cd059011ec6d327f07b19a008685662b1d5d4be911ffdf245e1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true malicious destination. The presence of a 'download' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87596758595.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tm2r528iqo8b58cshuaf1a3err/80639904744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbkbafwdti1ahihccrg.xn--p1ai/pict/file/24710524195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickels.design/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sokoraforifutenepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea22515cb2---92104295619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xosobacninh.vn/webroot/img/files/71902320983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dachastyle.com/userfiles/file/78371428926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721625e6fdc---26449335133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26b10d10d7---xotojixaxamas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasyo.net/files/file/nidipopawunapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a1f6c4adf---wudirewem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.org/upload/10537723212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dildendilecevirievi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xinenuzixum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/92726895855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.eu/userfiles/file/pumanajavigev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83afca525ff01ad86f05ebb114f62746/tidugimovovujobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30a850f512---wiwomenotodemufefel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thediamangroup.com/_images/files/64508479602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sola-brothers.com/userfiles/file/61112945778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be2328e01c8---rafadisenawak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tindangnhadat.vn/upload/files/64726769975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackyrouxmethode.com/userfiles/file/pimefibixenosifoboralux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nusratali.com/userfiles/files/jilibamuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c08959c5695---puriko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=free+offline+amplified+bible+download+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_off0000dc57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC57 17940 bytes
SHA-256: df863cbf4edd9273e2f553e8933cbcd49dd182411192cc32f15e038fc824098e
font_01_sfnt_off00010b65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B65 10596 bytes
SHA-256: a14dd865bbed904e4ceef7c803f3e607117d0945446539e1d79aacb4b7a110b1
font_02_sfnt_off00012349.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12349 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1