Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c182c73cd15c2fb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:10:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8f9e53e93396b3ea7ec7c6c4a1c5cdfb SHA-1: 637561bde3216b549d81bb0902be6e162d51b957 SHA-256: c182c73cd15c2fb0afeaff70e2182be1179a9c95b3dc636b5904a9a890fa1a4e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to exploit user trust by masquerading as a utility.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=word+document+to+pdf+converter+app+for+pc PDF link annotation
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b40a9f3f5e---wawiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8753805193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minerva-collection.net/files/files/wixogunexedunesed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poexali.org/static/image/_u/system/files/50428064797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feniks9.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vatev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af94ddb075c---37754129234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086941f01e76---84360649185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f63d0a3dab5---zilazanezevitelebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/12316419366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocw.tw/uploads/files/dejalaforavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortemadera.com/wysiwygfiles/file/pokitolopazimud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c99270c00d---simovumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbsoftware.ro/admin/userfiles/file/27278000676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tabularasa.lv/sites/tabularasa/uploads/documents/files/wixokolegap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toocapen.com/files/rinowolexajakelekekazexuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicare-darmstadt.de/bilder/UserImages/file/puwikukiserilokas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbdecontra.com/userfiles/files/pakiwugegumivupuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/99377255598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a15f98059---dapilaluguxupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vendsol.com/userfiles/file/titebofederamixobov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhopphat.com/uploads/files/xuwivedivek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iddb84to9mcd19emgkvl7vqq3p/74928494033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b23c6f36145---57037387026.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_off0000deb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEB6 18308 bytes
SHA-256: cba8883ec0583f06bb5df2f60d8d6de0a7bdc8406dd469b44bae442d6797168e
font_01_sfnt_off00010db0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000125c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C7 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 7988a8299e7ffa48c7a7cd313a43f812ab69a4515596f6300a8d28f58a4dac06

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