Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01c10f2a7dc3df77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-10-04 13:14:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 0ee905768c2847667b27182ca6c5f93f SHA-1: f40ca8b2bab10cf7b27c392b4370b684848c3b29 SHA-256: 01c10f2a7dc3df771fdec5e84603bbbf2c705200947b67982e40c235b87b3086
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious documents. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised or disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=another+word+for+cogitate PDF link annotation
    • https://greenfins-thailand.org/uploads/file/27063222073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhanh.com/files/gekot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pibmg.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/files/57161514766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlquality.com/userfiles/file/42744786199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvconstructionsgoa.com/pharma/admin/userfiles/file/zakurubuxixuvafanexew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reedxtrainternational.com/uploads/pages/file/ripesoduzurageviso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78144607789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613104551e240---82315842103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96461607189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sedefartphotography.com/resimler/files/2876643022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anpo.vn/upload/files/nesewogebose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq.bmtinhoc.vn/InteriorWeb/images/images_news/files/25518083256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/45557092116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161587b76638fc---morobavamulozafulerew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnvvr.ro/userfiles/file/42384020047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechcommunications.com/userfiles/file/91845424055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/33800964406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietcem.vn/public/default/ckeditor/files/dotivelebekovofeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bacsionline.net/userfiles/file/12834880929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biaikatolikus.hu/files/file/xorepujozimamipulinumaxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26153737720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actsonics.com/uploads/files/202110040924283376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehair.center/upload/ckfinder/files/84054125878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5432490891a6723e5b99942a489c83f2/suruladozixivelagodox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0271a06ed6c22c120d85d28530344bc1/tulegawosarinapolaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d5ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5EC 22192 bytes
SHA-256: efc2a30a753594a659cb3110ba175188ae60e968b4f428baf8fe1da4539d4f58
font_01_sfnt_off00010f8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000127a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127A3 10608 bytes
SHA-256: c0d0e6db713bc93363df63a93bb3628974e96799f54cb172a90293c63dade50a