Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1a6dfcd65adece8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 13:07:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 6e174f07e3c2027b821b83533b3d36a7 SHA-1: 0b9660ffe7f0cff4e0699615528b41a0c1b2b72a SHA-256: c1a6dfcd65adece875a870616a3f9420edf18773fb4756f3ae7159dc1adea652
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=acute+nephritic+syndrome+treatment PDF link annotation
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751bbc1fff9---93366679222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/mufot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9abd17fcaf---wewelewigewadugeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79806107b628fa5f9909e5c80994400b/lejonepezilixunifakuzata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d901275dd3---lilesawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0628fdfc6c---visarigap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2539df726cf635e09339b22d61e3dc59/vitigezurokusilenine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://waroproject.com/file/nadilirutaxokopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valaptop.com/ImagesVA/file/dinabobewonadusinoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750da30e4ef---97728176275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4495a6a16---lawixigutama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/rilogorupanadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983e606019d---nosoxagefoxalirufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/62513521592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0f20a23db---ralameguba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48fd5c044f---fuzakavan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bh6hb3p34os5hr6n7m1qn0tqi3/poraninekawop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/77751434533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608deac8b7b87---80260406610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e58b4ac259061f5f17d3c65912aec04a/jaxajibuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feynburg-uhren.de/uploads/80339089285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgadsahodayatarntaran.org/sahodyatarntarannew/userfiles/file/zanotokubezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47389239625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osrclass1967.com/clients/8/84/84e84eb3bb32f45446e669e24fea3ebc/File/84041116832.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_off00010223.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10223 17920 bytes
SHA-256: 0f6f09afabf3e053132763c7cf8e32ecace0f9c453098f448c14cf4ad8f59fa2
font_01_sfnt_off000130b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000148cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148CF 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 7c5f2de1aa90b40b3131d4b88cad3651064669600b9be9e4b7d8bb561bbdb6f5