Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1f8414d725c40c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-08-16 00:51:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2262923515a577d3c0dff2d090a5dae2 SHA-1: 0ed66aa4c559e5bc6a0b22b9b6459eeb8d224f7a SHA-256: c1f8414d725c40c3aef6a2d8d3bbe358a18024a01614ae3aadc3f0af2c706d67
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate an attempt to direct users to potentially harmful external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+write+a+declaration+letter+to+bank
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab08dfa3723---sulovikonafuj.pdf
    • https://cubic.is/userfiles/file/28624050898.pdf
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a0c99e83a01bb6dd2390925b9e1e8e2/mepajuduxexosisetuweligor.pdf
    • http://heibldr.hu/FCKfeltoltott/file/fixusunomunuwedufanemoz.pdf
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3877683d6---kirenupuvitalawemujojogil.pdf
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0455c9ac3cd730cdf6cdbdd5dca0c40a/bidawexavumevolazejow.pdf
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/tikegarun.pdf
    • https://rugerwafers.com/demo/ruger/beta/userfiles/files/33759100303.pdf
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/suluw.pdf
    • http://csc-020.com/userfiles/file/20210807083350_z98hjx.pdf
    • https://haltia.mx/sii/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42592131826.pdf
    • http://hulstcustoms.ru/uploads/files/78702507708.pdf
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081196d84862---xiraxilalasox.pdf
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/jiviwanuvipagapeperiv.pdf
    • https://sona3elkhair.com/userfiles/file/fibiwivejiranuk.pdf
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/suribuk.pdf
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e73ni9m313nj1em4bvc48tev2c/kifunibulimi.pdf
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4a0f890eb65ef388e973d2c91744c48/zuwemakejebiketixe.pdf
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/lezifedamirod.pdf
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/kesumevusuwebowo.pdf
    • https://chandrakantmusicacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pekagenabaxixigafa.pdf
    • http://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/jijazaboperajidimosezeguw.pdf
    • http://architettotamborra.eu/userfiles/files/vuviliw.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd83.bin
af84e085d41b59f4a707545a318d0210ac87d765bbef9327695e6e64dd1d5794
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD83 16748 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000108e9.bin
0dc90c7357045061a0040a40020227a3d582a60ca0fb78578c7a10484cb68ec8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E9 10504 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000120e5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120E5 16792 bytes