Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01c07274d404cd59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 06:17:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9bdcb609eecd7186bcc5b3e5ee2d841f SHA-1: 4f09071d1a3f0854205f07a8d71f3ec6d2323173 SHA-256: 01c07274d404cd598c02596cabfdfddeaea31cc50175663d8cb23bc9ed2f1629
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. The PDF also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URIs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of JavaScript indicates an active component likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9c8bc1c5b---39417521679.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/72752048277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungthanhauto.com/luutru/files/95096559347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tyrtaios.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7895149727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/23906451464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrix-corporation.com/upfiles/editor/files/tupixukolajotigufalano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/87843421796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/86059532627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbariatprasice.sk/upload/file/61784548425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.blog/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/55185765701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ae7eeca56a---vubipetokotegariduses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lammensfilip.be/uploads/files/togafavosojak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phayaotechno.com/UserFiles/File/letumateguteva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enidental.com/userfiles/file/20210907065103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/depakameziwavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpbnatation.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/29243903019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siam-royal-view.ru/data/files/74588355295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qaq5utf8t7vm1s0c8dho3vaij5/14740395059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161465ffbc8675---wuriberilezikurozaguku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/6022295754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0uidt74vtr5uf3cs13mfej83q7/83113634302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everest-c.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bokatapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58261b91bbc1bb6b162e4488f04b4600/juloxuzapaxosit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethnicminorities.heephong.org/ethnicminorities/cmsadmin/ckfinder/files/55562431494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/49197163194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=sms+ringtone+makerPDF 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_off0000e540.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE540 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD52 16772 bytes
SHA-256: 0cbbacbe9867f7d7ba7276c5197870f17c29eff49916e299eb7ab64f33550da7
font_02_sfnt_off000128b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128B8 10572 bytes
SHA-256: ef3458b184239c2b11d5dc8e61da998d23a452ff70cbad18a5921c4bf7c42ad7