Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c2ffb49af9f2831…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 07:28:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 220ed087d124c6a5edccd827db294bef SHA-1: 8347db8910757300897fa714b2b41cd787c53402 SHA-256: 1c2ffb49af9f2831d7473d211e23b72124100fd29db64208d52f7d70cebf4358
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9762

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 http://vattuxaydunghl.com/userfiles/file/kuwafenilanumujujiboripo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://piti.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/1097175415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.galiantsolutions.com/emailimages/file/bebovinij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e033ea10d28135f911e8f23a4f0c03e1/70719216222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k9careclinic.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gumevipajobibaxisefisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381fbd97b53---gimoduxamekozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pieseclimaauto.com/files/file/jaloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rivebistro.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92195233696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/xoripikerosalezumuzidival.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202109040623167840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbeautyconcept.com/upload/content_images/file/vadidozoluxuwizoxeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giga-tronics.com/userfiles/files/14889395153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damosushipleasanthill.com/uploads/files/6107318651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vertracapital.com/uploads/files/bobasaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/6747795450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yifff.se/userfiles/file/japobaboke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brucemayrockinstitute.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/savuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klawiatury-foliowe.pl/_data/file/90729968304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gilbertems.com/videos/file/leramevozimaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/fitexowovopisutefubezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ietc-oman.saktoon.com/userfiles/files/73674836454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/nuxolelasuvot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131aae3ae1a6---66411153781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/marixikazaweriwatakesatuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_FCEBAEB298EECEAD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tksvolga.ru/userfiles/file/18990494751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eownauto.com/uploadpic/files/65472859780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=arsenic+and+old+lace+123moviesPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c4e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4E2 16164 bytes
SHA-256: a0f26d9ec2bc0bbc84dfb8c1a224a49f7f70479ac92e21d726acd811d43f3bd1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA83 21280 bytes
SHA-256: 39ad1f4a3c304995765044111b3c31d3ec7c03ec2ce27d379fd14fd67fd5350e
font_02_sfnt_off00011021.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11021 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00012838.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12838 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 6d8a9039ac80b658586bda231e0da2c77705f899bc5157af1a2fe7221fea9792