Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1f53d194ba054c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-24 11:59:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5ec51972f49335d6c80df587e063f3b6 SHA-1: 9bd66af46e65e091b983c337850093173b5edca3 SHA-256: c1f53d194ba054c1eb41218c4ef736f1ebfc838325ae23298953638c268067d1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which host PDF files. This suggests a link farm designed to host malicious files or redirect users to them. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06b2c7e98be8b99340e6fa3002f14510/33260063756.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wolfgang-photography.com/userfiles/files/18097528776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/upload/2021/06/file/1623290490723695026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turkihale.com/userfiles/file/xasodazavaresufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livingkaneohe.com/userimages/lupefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/19432403538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f94d29daf49---76706284014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a4rtimeqcbkt7hpq9haiobjrk/tipum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n9mbtirmsag63obcc51rodjbrd/45128217170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conniecorsentino.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/varepip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithattamphuong.com/upload/files/vutijiwivur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41668191ad---pukososupedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebq8hkfkmd8va3b92k2aq26th2/didegaxudiviwajabajunoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f364e9b0dc---45118458592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b52602bb7e7---banepupeniwulejotesazugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertbah.si/files/file/rowijenobopofilemovun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42538628957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7291811e47a1fd6d3afb9bb9f4a44c29/66160458962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giridhareye.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87337126336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc918c4d79d---77202248555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a835c661ff0---81629832629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608371ed5a620---vizupize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=best+root+installer+apkPDF 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_off0000fd4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011560.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11560 17964 bytes
SHA-256: 7f490bbb9cf3d0ffbdaf08cb80e9d9c424747a7b55a59850c92b0e1e691aeb8a
font_02_sfnt_off00014448.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14448 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 316e42be62d7efd2d36b6e01bffb0d0bafec8ebe68582fef57de811fcd91f4d6