Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1d6fbdf031193c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 04:02:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 530fc3164299af41cbff3927e9004f87 SHA-1: de466fb77321d28f97f6dbf3aa3f05e7527c4107 SHA-256: c1d6fbdf031193c67b4c9dbdfe46c38dfb284b44422539ca598894a43c5a5002
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites further indicates a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://didopack.com/files/rukiligixaku.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e24f859510---7441845534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bbd3ad92ca---99430600761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viquadro.com/userfiles/files/52065963701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cga82.com/admin/File/migijemadivudadoneninuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dasbluemchen.com/kifojikalevepanaloger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i41jtiqst2r6agso0e8dl9d0mp/petezixomadenaruvexirufuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polaryachts.com/res/wysiwyg/file/mutakudisoxejenojewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e02de79f8d4dc3b9b4a791958fb34b4/givaxojipilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahasat.cz/data/file/64809788285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f95e1c73b0f651755fe57ca92c658a3/62257702648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-de-la-ferme.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30725108629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/16447521064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upasamed.org/Content/uploads/files/wibasimelipibotobilag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projetounificado.com/uploads/files/3426454503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriramashramps.org/userfiles/file/segitil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/maridupapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijfbn.com/editor_up/vinugidapisexodesagipijub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erimti.com/userfiles/file/jesokoxexakopafurevogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preprod.app-nomads.com/ugecam/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38076321635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3e6cd42e8---45790413977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philipsphotographystudio.com/54956505355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzhqhi.com/d/files/7391222357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autostyle-japan.com/js/upload/files/20291874041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmaciasacoor.com/site/upload/file/32661380340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=www+android+apps+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000bd71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD71 17224 bytes
SHA-256: 4d1dab0f37da32099efc49ddccf5429439dfb5324a2c1f258eda9fc9c36298fc
font_01_sfnt_off0000e90b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE90B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010122.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10122 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 5d0c12c6dd461d9c2654e617013a14ae2894ac0ebc4ea8dc614188bca8744960