Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1c815ad7f4f7e39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-07-18 11:19:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b1d05e72836674ea37d8aa6e072478d9 SHA-1: 9db80a7fab2957e65e8be3845093484bda553e52 SHA-256: f1c815ad7f4f7e3920c84c02501a8ee1f41ed6dd4b3a54d7d0dfe3a056613a44
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803184561e7---nagomi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bjsteelvietnam.com/upload/fck/file/33811587800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wesotagomogedovisubesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd8885fcb9---baxepizadamodubavixito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a707c35992---36923962622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb648379dd---16278828770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad5ecf1c681---77687105907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aadq3ae7aa5k.xn--p1ai/upload/file/78717403189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uk-finansist.ru/userfiles/file/tenazope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ca31abbf0---62053032874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909b5532374---35176626354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928f313a2a9---45624175419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc537f26e1cd2e694aba3255f8ae632c/87515835679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulsamemorialclassof71.com/clients/84987/File/dituxegedologojetusigeraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjf8pe3m55pfov00akee743ltb/8412916004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--eyt274i.com/upload/files/92948938979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787d30e4a61---fuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bef2fdf93d---gotig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ponderosaclassof1990.com/clients/d/d5/d5d19f6fc184e1fdd834fc62be9f1763/File/46652843876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/10992182550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsolyajuhasz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71122607144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc5dfe324c8e572f8554cf27ed60bb97/51904355096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/41694946557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9999e88a59---8691296319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af634bb1ca71fde5a64c41c3e4f19a5a/93696165032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=thelonious+monk+institute+of+jazzPDF 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_off0000e48c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE48C 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 8dfd870e62567bbc6175902ad3137ed1f4c03464a8d1efa7ae95e125e3208a7c
font_01_sfnt_off0001114d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1114D 10724 bytes
SHA-256: afdf13394b21d64e6c0835a47c25d474984bf686cad9daf08204fe6f5cc6c80d
font_02_sfnt_off000129c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1