Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1ca017cde5273d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.0 KB Created: 2021-07-22 03:28:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: dbca388484cc30da685d83610a5f28ee SHA-1: c41dd001ab77efa071d6a2b3cb0c1dff441a2ee2 SHA-256: d1ca017cde5273d626aee77e3c29d29ef6be56d8652c3603fe9536d917bad152
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URI links and link farms on potentially compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to direct users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070116ec09a5---fobiderufudoxupudonipima.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5f22c3bc8---65593791508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purefeeling8.com/data/file/betesuzekiwugiferil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2938ba9ec4---mitojimilitaguvivagorozud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1db29fb98---pomadikokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/34040626934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cooa8hngjop3cvc6riec8et7s8/12721102867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a76bc39fe96---63408279858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077aae7654da---lafobuwewinesogupezotojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a53ea711d9---64949535422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81cd800446fa07b7cc9aadc0a0c39684/gijiraxatudadedelaganuzer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-golfclub.com/ckupload/files/naxepenifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinniescustoms.com/userfiles/files/96344196878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/wasugopiwuxevenife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1e1a26bb9---surudujobebosuvom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/didenonaketojifoxowava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printsolutions.ro/uploads/wysiwyg/files/kisipejuzumito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609edeaaacedb---betapuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741b6bef4d6---29337089122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/78095546827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firstpages.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/29173196815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c70eb6d54fd154440ec58135fcd8022b/22175309462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41e36464f7f5f27dfdf14847463d1fe7/mazejuladosolifarig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/rivudeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=outdoor+photoshoot+poses+for+femalePDF 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_off00011fc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000137e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137E0 10692 bytes
SHA-256: c76114406422b7728d66f63dba50058b65ef6a96ac84e3586e7f9ede7cef20ed
font_02_sfnt_off00015070.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15070 16468 bytes
SHA-256: 46ffebcc0a081e607417af54aba8ebc24a7940314dc9f5070449c3f8f4460fc9