Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1c73c24768bd6ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

181.1 KB Created: 2021-08-20 00:56:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f69c2a70ac9f278979b7e8f121b5c3f2 SHA-1: fcf28d32e82353fb9f1c084074b28d0bc4bae775 SHA-256: c1c73c24768bd6ecc11f3fa1b861dfe0e9d21a6b897f825efd44f704cfd1dac2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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 https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91c683be8787f7d1525f88fec028a530/2172622545.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607272f70aaea---xiruguwejutizolaxisukur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oppedisanorobertosrl.com/userfiles/files/buxujixidelarezike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lupimosupapidowera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7845c75f0fd7a4a97cbc4db4bdf3d23/biguvevud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c97d8f1862f---84626296206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65919507670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/jujobirutetesapimipeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lottfamilyreunion.com/clients/878857/File/saxibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cctechlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/1415488995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xobulopubobup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/jesijofidatefovukivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sve0ojfcl0s569seu18e8ccemv/darodarifijuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e361bdf8af---29679987146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b97325ebf80c60e7b666445a3333d4f8/98023862464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/446683283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datajournonepal.org/files/ruveriragezunelinad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfff8b9873c0b1d3293af38d1c03fff2/34769630181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4a47e755d---befijigepixobiwiboropobup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/42159538456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/vulukudegibonikofis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/20328524514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmetrix.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75257369958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leton.pl/userfiles/file/37491683271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=vons+shop+play+win+monopoly+enter+codes+in+robloxPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00023752.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23752 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00024f69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24F69 11188 bytes
SHA-256: d53a59ff8a47e9956ec9362697eb71ff790cb39526b291186b56a83568387198
font_02_sfnt_off00026946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x26946 18088 bytes
SHA-256: 8b1624131ee51975d097a3e3fbbfd4dd77612b82d0c1f9306e606944e7c60bc3
font_03_sfnt_off000292ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x292AB 15600 bytes
SHA-256: 043e143af7202e05ee00aa6bfcb7fc0d3853b16bd8c02a6593e6d6c65041c720