Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1f4ac122bcf7491…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:36:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 54efefa520d2c046af9880042c061fef SHA-1: c6b263508be34f0ea28f056e5821aa7e7c08ab81 SHA-256: c1f4ac122bcf749179d5bdb85685baf34b78e695d1f09395f84ac93f562feca7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. Additionally, it features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host or redirect to malicious payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9906

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://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840e1b45622---34303528505.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tuhs1970.com/clients/a/ac/acc339db084e87cdfae31a76a6c96f1c/File/lazamebagomulilapenoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4be3ae70b---nedenowadakexukazanajapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a947c56d32f---92732547278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbaa7f737540c33dad9374c56de4ee6e/kikuwepaxefusupokot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnibat.net/uploads/archivos/muxadifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/pajuwixivopaforaroso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfbd6ae83c7---ximesafutaromupevaxoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkergeneralcontractors.net/userfiles/file/44224335143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a726c98a09f9e4b50858d36ca2f4a0b/pixenizuwozaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t7tu34kukqu69u4rq1psk9c1j6/sowiwaxibapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a8eab2f00722c9c9fe34e39569a903f/34459113250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/932eeaa3f1ecb713fd96e67161265bb2/38090299121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27295985344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://summit-christian-academy.org/scauserfiles/files/sadiwuraburoritemegino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysolutions.it/uploads/assets/file/87024910188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petikdaun.com/contents//files/33247901120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b1bba9a550c60cbb46934c549982a3d/81821804014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavs.eu/userfiles/file/26906870201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d09e57eeb---82252530275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c637bf63c66b1a54740124756ffacefb/75244752097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa61203433---xakij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maivietnamesecotati.com/uploads/files/96946886162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021080719535973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86401054123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laptopserwis.com/app/webroot/media/files/25493344777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65525216678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=sunni+namaz+ka+tarika+in+english+pdfPDF 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_off0000f15c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF15C 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 0e6afccb673187121848659dbc32e68cf57fffbb1d82317aa7862790099a66ab
font_01_sfnt_off00010b09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B09 21488 bytes
SHA-256: c8c4765d0da22e540ae90bef8cde57c2812cc62821ed78960d903280d826a85c
font_02_sfnt_off00014361.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14361 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1