Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1a44c0859324bcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-07-07 13:31:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 7957e51ebeb28fceb06bd5c3c8c24b62 SHA-1: 29601c03baf2f7c3fed44990e7a0caf15615b210 SHA-256: c1a44c0859324bcda3c677d73ce074169c9c2356dd3de9d90b6c235cbcb67e9a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9866

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.
  • 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 http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842e0a394ba---bosugufofatobaziw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ef7edc916---mepubapiwezerex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b68b3c86bf59866aeb6638b1e496aaca/26324226782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607307f81bdc3---jinexoxoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o5c6mnk2oc30erjapg0sjf41lq/27787866684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e15e6b7a6661b49cefd1a8255766a73/76061289492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/337ab8b00310d0ff38fbebd4cd6b8d72/26191708616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/topum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0789e775a3---rurinofib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b7c2f0792---bijusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegastel.eu/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/bukazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maihiendanang.com/uploads/image/files/92986302092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/rasazujizeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/64226085242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afaee5c6a7b---79241951648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856e5379aa1---32811485501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2d8d6fc89---14434254083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b82f5e53ca1---mamolivolaravotajelesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0ccd01224---11462984643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldtimerclub-thueringerberg.at/images/file/ferebizedusamifalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e708695ea---32642038683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daieimotors.com/js/upload/files/vutuvoluxezemuzupewavukex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/zodet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=slashing+meaning+in+tamilPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d6ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6AC 21756 bytes
SHA-256: e5165dfcc1baf28c11a64f7b898ec91aa221891cd7fa41186dc360e20604f628
font_01_sfnt_off00010d23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001253a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1253A 10408 bytes
SHA-256: 9296ac5815297c20ed3009692c8a5adb3ac0e1e163f6954a91abf0f82c0230ae
font_03_sfnt_off00013c88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C88 2780 bytes
SHA-256: 6f4cc0b12c3694f71edfd3f28252f78f9b1ecfc57f5da6a8b5b8756587e1ea39
font_04_sfnt_off0001482d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1482D 16576 bytes
SHA-256: 4c825272cb740a563f468a85e10f99c233d9dbb20b89d95b0897f248898ca990