Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1f565a56cecb9b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 07:51:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b13b212ed390fd23518e9e0a0e88078b SHA-1: e310d5eb48bd9b015130048f19eac156539b953c SHA-256: c1f565a56cecb9b934f532e7b24b473e76a263179d29a2b34272e2f048468544
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier flagged it with high confidence. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or redirection mechanism. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.info-service.com.tw/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25050472427.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://womensmentalhealthmd.com/clients/9/9a/9a9ccad1be43d50cbc9928f06550b956/File/63877106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d3188ff63---pevewosolivavipivasit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/43841585633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14802319865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-021.com/userfiles/file/20210803110229_dck1xp.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/zudulekozobisujekidawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2r3g1mfs9ssl2a1mm43i7q4it9/54075579128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133a55b8b8cb---nipowikuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/10541725636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/83907161038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d64989b05d0---nowelivipakasuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb97287cb5---19239058240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610395960b847---69622621377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d12b1b610c---jikujomixijunusidodul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walker-doss.com/clients/4/45/450b4a4af5ff3f13851793278d9c7ef8/File/76826663689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/455edb6f76040f5a85ce0c3ac67841d1/8697805007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fl5fkqtuqhp54opointvfqkvp/maperoxosujipiwezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vujipodifaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gobirajisudozibozaneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-tta.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/ditejesiwinogupedifit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angel-juicer.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210602_6394AF5CEE142F98.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/vuxodudufenivodiziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitarasign.ir/data/file/dalelokuwegufafilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607180134a4cd---78411505859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=logical+reasoning+questions+and+answers+pdf+in+gujaratiPDF 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_off0000e3af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC1 20080 bytes
SHA-256: 890602690bf5c30e11bc9aafe27387299d07229b3a1989a1771094e13c350c53
font_02_sfnt_off00012fab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FAB 11212 bytes
SHA-256: 7514b7d29f2b799b800996e65c3adc3756f08fe369855a2a126da8718c97b825