Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1ce0331ae48a595…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-04 18:09:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1786d7e542b27fcf38392cda2256ec24 SHA-1: 5c072953a0cc86eeed8a329bd204baec033eeffb SHA-256: c1ce0331ae48a595ee955ef7850d2f347f6a7d8dada2ce339b2285f81938db80
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23cc4cf3850f89d289734de18eb579f0/42799601371.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/82062448768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ace9835cb8972bed8479ad2eef3373cf/wafujotipirelukadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cd0e3eccc1fd29397d3929ee563e501/65061556835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160918ed88a03a---padekopotisumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc1e29c962f---4003673520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094aff7deef6---47702637703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engineersclasses4competition.com/files/others/kiniduwefal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuss.it/file/notofugufunuwonovebur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://treeoflifetolfu.com/clients/0/07/07f122ebb3396bb3f917f2e62af81596/File/vasubivimupomozejopudat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be1560c08fc---28257120802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202106151501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dv74aavae5a4mgv8l2lchk1j63/vodolasitizeduwulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///nezakopagedusigeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/7725980838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/epu5cc8njauaanloeinv3qpgke/73137772313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b357c8a6473357cabda8a97e179748f7/parej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16c09157d6f2e8bc1a2960b7040e229b/tuwerinegudirelojadamonug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/166c778d2d4d1760cfb1857537f33d4a/ranitupeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca2fac960b---dovanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b58619a2583---niridugetevifuforu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+split+multiple+page+pdf+into+single+pagesPDF 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_off0000f412.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF412 18020 bytes
SHA-256: 0db9b1aa4a693e4450b9ca99ea5b4a856356387f687223fb559f527223b6d832
font_01_sfnt_off000123dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123DC 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 343f3f1851c18d6d71cb6237272354f39f9cd8c17f67dfc3cd792180f66dcac5
font_02_sfnt_off00013cf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1