Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1bb715daa1786d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:11:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 29867f62a091db2a7d0b0672bed3ce58 SHA-1: 6c29cb8a5395ef6b7b5d0e915f055ef3385a5e9e SHA-256: c1bb715daa1786d8a495386174e3c329a5c3ed620ce1a1b99e2500002fe74b97
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9940

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://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2051f3cf23003abf0fe53d98aa1f8d69/34946247539.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://first-group.kr/ckupload/files/madewimokaxuzekelujaligos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/009b71692d52c4609ea784b88f9064d1/xaxitituk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792abc79c9b---wosufujirokujonomebirarok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/lumomuxikanofesinujedot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceskylakros.cz/userfiles/file/62568640204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcf25dd48f74db3ab548744d330d3d26/85764269535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/62255599761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onpisntj0hk1sj0uur2fc487nd/lopevavedel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/324d56aa783677c6f105affe365142e7/rozokedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2739v40l550uistfrj6s2b8g0k/88712078879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607088a33832a---judajorom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3a1a089e3---91638557663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fb71fff5d7e3cb52499c3377d5d746c/42100470727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79316da52235c990df2e8c0644453de0/kurijiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a47888691e52bdb7ff6338372049021/bojutifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b3f515d1b---96261239750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockpapersun.com/upload_mce_image/file/bedidolaziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87vs165pg63nja5lljvucmp76p/77023039708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/365523db50f1b4b3397eb722252e40e0/11696073747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bae44cd3ad72949168f1f9cc4dc182df/nizerokesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66307rj627uqaktng0r2ck3792/kipijapujef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/9923923071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/ginefemezamoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f026590c0---wewalawibubobeletu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=gate+ece+2020+solutionsPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e6a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000febe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEBE 10504 bytes
SHA-256: b9cc863fede1e6546b3fd1431f4f39f916d9816cd88f6697b1a4db55ae0d0b16
font_02_sfnt_off000116d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D7 16840 bytes
SHA-256: 5ca980f7a8d4b358c87c97c385e3e4d3b539cf9409bc9308213fa5642bb1403e