Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01c29b7811cfb231…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 12:57:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 34ebf35d34e33efa2d644aca82b6903d SHA-1: 3e812c8df7ce77acfeca91b3bdfceadb9ec38fa9 SHA-256: 01c29b7811cfb2318b3203c417de878e1a7c8cd159305de5d0683a7a916ff174
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 delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=things+that+start+with+letter+s+in+the+house
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/madokiniva.pdf
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/12793014687.pdf
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b282dfd9305---xopiforakovevof.pdf
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b2fa11eb7---49168227918.pdf
    • http://www.emailposte.com/pictures/1285224236.pdf
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e26f680add1dbdb103d7bc835ba484a/zatov.pdf
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a79138842---24100617558.pdf
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b5a18e39f---barezowirafim.pdf
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db79ce3af53---56916596272.pdf
    • http://kolasinprevoz.rs/slike/files/17610012457.pdf
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/83329050133.pdf
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3925e85994---nujuludugil.pdf
    • http://55thocscompany.com/clients/62662/File/2861891003.pdf
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/tafuparaboselakekapusemuj.pdf
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sijujiwo.pdf
    • http://goddesshair.net/upload/users/files/vopisadiz.pdf
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab14f9cff62---10452121596.pdf
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607153c30b4f5---ziresaxemenesabeta.pdf
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3e32a76fc---bitaxe.pdf
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cdd276358534c127a9b5699e41337ae/22442677217.pdf
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/39637581504.pdf
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82fc2c8da4587986c2cfffb5188f5c37/melosozojumizigabozuw.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_off0000ba55.bin
3dd01a2bf69c505fc29c67619024ed6e4a926dc4681168fd26b660b63fa73d56
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA55 16140 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3c6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3C6 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbdd.bin
ef5c5f0938d2bfeec0e4d410bde478990783331f40a626394017c1f96a981028
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBDD 10536 bytes