Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c18c0cd5ab921c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 01:48:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e2fe106fd76b62c871dd76bb526ab925 SHA-1: ea88bdf085ad884fbdb723be9a5d4d5ee4b0f412 SHA-256: 0c18c0cd5ab921c20007cb72bc921886759e7001df764c86050fe338440c4250
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The document also features a link farm with numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites or phishing pages. The presence of embedded JavaScript and external links indicates a likely attempt to download further payloads or trick users into divulging sensitive information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ios+software+auf+android+installieren PDF link annotation
    • http://ccspatti.org/userfiles/file/tujajixavin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consade.com/userfiles/file/vofilegusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipacific.com/attachment/file/bigilosipegeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agama-rc.com/upload/files/35644669922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethnicminorities.heephong.org/ethnicminorities/cmsadmin/ckfinder/files/lepaxexagoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taburar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingscolley.com/uploads/files/80781827706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9275522-travel.com/userfiles/file/19534883593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://channeloflove.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68641317372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sahyadrisevasanstha.in/userfiles/file/badekewarib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/tekowutebul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crcnueva.naturasoftware.com/uploads/images/files/13572542513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613932405ac8c---xukopifidewepikikuguzivuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duel.pl/userfiles/file/rulanunewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tu122mn7e81iphu4f8pve1i0q6/67134590688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-isc.com/userfiles/file/60883988485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66232263001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedelsur.com/contenido/files/36593626534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jogidewori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuquiland.com/upload/files/tizopekimidobozamepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f1b9280204---rokuzafubeluxowoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopgraeagle.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/jugalesidogemuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/48222581019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wct.goldcrownresort.com/magazine_files/files/vafarazukerozudomovidalak.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_off0000d7c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD8 18756 bytes
SHA-256: c3ca506eaf459a4ad983e5ad9709b8d3d397e433acb966bac5a84d6e514c3171
font_02_sfnt_off00011f99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F99 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 577f99a27bbe1317ad06afc9f2fda3ae2e9a940c3fe974600bdb366a3949de29

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