Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c8cf575b5600ebf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:56:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a64305c03eb1e5fb5c99203cb29c5913 SHA-1: 361f7e6e99fd69c190008655441d9a3247f9fbb2 SHA-256: 1c8cf575b5600ebf11a59619e967edfed44222de5925b76be186db649f44319f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82230535656.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cyc.cz/pictures/clanky/files/39792573937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d77c6sgb5t0hnrla2t2tfpf1bj/risepasebuvajokisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esebtekstil.com/resimler/files/84460364530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.c-l-r-p.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70910224018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.halpellet.hu/userfiles/files/12871474366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seychelles-resort.com/images/blog/file/xepufixiruzavovaworul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiostocchi.eu/userfiles/files/disirizasusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62236100213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leasebridge.com/CKUPimg/files/meborefuribika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.com/files/file/35537545532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulbwatkinslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/30788916059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmloccitanecr.com/campannas/file/87222558879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50787927130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rracc.com/file_media/file_image/file/46462507310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614090d77d38a---fefifafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10a52fc85031237414f63dbac659e4f4/41030222679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijieet.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32622886197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/fetirejamun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamasia.net/upload/files/pukiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festacreativita.org/userfiles/file/11809503803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/38434861932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=recover+deleted+texts+on+androidPDF 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_off0000db02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f314.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF314 18500 bytes
SHA-256: 94bda916d0374afd1793db76ddf212f86a271e12d78bff414497bd45151633a2
font_02_sfnt_off000122b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122B5 10576 bytes
SHA-256: c1038595e6fa6741eb6817d348dbf89af8585f7c13baf3be9a41c2121cb51586