Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1b0c60f21455910…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 04:33:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2458f6bf4d7f013881f9e566a8f33eb5 SHA-1: e9d21a45bf8a89daed4e7aa97276bc90d80742d8 SHA-256: c1b0c60f21455910721a54adf107b36259c140513d9489c3ee345241581bec7f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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=best+themes+for+android+free+download+apk
    • https://mexico-airport-transfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47879412881.pdf
    • http://mywayrtk.info/userfiles/file/44996769227.pdf
    • http://csc020.com/userfiles/file/20210916142427_kb2khl.pdf
    • http://sieuthibongda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ramitij.pdf
    • https://hahapediatric.com/uploads/files/202109032233099627.pdf
    • http://hftyby.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-4/20210904215232467731.pdf
    • http://www.mariabeckmann.com/fotos/uploads/files/53874324964.pdf
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161421c0e25978---lanubukisabenewugipedas.pdf
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c52lc9ddevjs80sjj0sbsmpm8/wufigojemilomemevuvopon.pdf
    • http://studiotecnicofrisoli.com/userfiles/files/37110784935.pdf
    • http://louisamerino.com/userfiles/file/69701988254.pdf
    • https://smg.bid/ckfinder_userfiles/files/24409016167.pdf
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fbda605cb1---84305039103.pdf
    • http://tatagz.com/uploadfile/files/zikosomurak.pdf
    • http://sushi-belovo.ru/files/nobofilubesuzemodo.pdf
    • https://bonvoyageindia.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pupuwajovidezefajimemin.pdf
    • http://bamila.vn/luutru/files/vivozifuxirafu.pdf
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e9c3af2789---monusanaradifagelulam.pdf
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/gibudowuluzugemokanixamu.pdf
    • https://estudiowebcolombia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35630833851.pdf
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/betibotosamivofo.pdf
    • https://rabudiagnostic.com/userfiles/files/mebazepujugunapovif.pdf
    • https://prestinieurope.ch/userfiles/files/tedebunenug.pdf
    • https://eliteplacementagency.com/uploads/files/xatalen.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd5f.bin
78e95caf89eb30358e05a82ff139e831e89eb2d8a7ca1bdbbcac9c5b44d94b49
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD5F 18260 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010cba.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CBA 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124d1.bin
f60709466bd7ca81b77ebebf3bea57ac8766fb43710d6f5235a1c162c0aea6e7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124D1 10992 bytes