Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1a0de4819bba493…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 07:21:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 384c7d8d85e8f3cc900d274b32c79de8 SHA-1: b7b7cc79fe36557fb4c1d93999033ac2bcc44624 SHA-256: c1a0de4819bba4939bde267286727edec16abe3cd1a5340a326478fcff6aa29a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely serving as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and link farms on disposable hosting suggests an effort to obscure the ultimate destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=companies+that+offer+profit+sharing PDF link annotation
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dfc1517c30---10839326308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/458dfc5cdf15efeafa62d1977ce9b18c/3330452561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swissies.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26658827058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607614fde0f12---dimabasuwenur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travisreunion.com/clients/1/1d/1d9c560ef9ee6310b862f4c9d288d7bd/File/14096128235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuhlshop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waperasowobejexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0c49039f1c0d4d4e37071336c8a5313/68053610037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/nebeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/1898843507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021062219571736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e24709550c246ccd30c07f94bd942f5/kajoxijuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b974c0889---22340041823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ea1757003a2d3f82d7208ebc8c8b869/mesafegejumis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/smbvitr54v9lj8gn1otmgs7cia/97053853908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cf0abe747a8a657fe45467a33e78a0e/44509183972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61ef6af973---mokoxewewil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bb19b96c3b6e1d24ec082d5967fbf5e/8819814317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6o24j50k76r5aueqrnhn9mk1o3/tejadam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072023a902aa---85942599537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802281e13a9---jakirusasijonavurefenewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aju08hvr129l07kfenmhlq5gpp/21785742642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b42ef8a10a---67510701946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etnorom.hu/pictures/34932954907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/22581290423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4e7lv19df5blponmt2kprfbv3/gerogiwujineregulebufine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbe1233428---naxifavuxokujadab.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_off0000f00c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF00C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001081e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1081E 17388 bytes
SHA-256: d8426ae6747dc83aff07e93dda606b7d93bbcfdb0a1d7e7697c714895adc1a8c
font_02_sfnt_off000135bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135BC 10792 bytes
SHA-256: f3e910aa787a442f2470df3f3fc911b358a21cbe1faaae3bcbd33b10489ee446