Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c9a05cce999e4dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:10:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 0598ce6085ce1017f1fa2baa5a04e933 SHA-1: 468cc21581bd1d34817296f5d3f7494a20112bf8 SHA-256: 1c9a05cce999e4ddcd7214f134b500f10aec631579c8ddff73bdf24a94eb0abf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content or redirecting users to phishing sites. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised or disposable hosting services, coupled with ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://samowar.me/userfiles/files/29969762028.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e64a60ce440---51738023967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1970fchs50thclassreunion.com/clients/1/19/19770213778af891f1b13fa25f964f50/File/63758213321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francois-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6942595055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xatagiwefap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8vuifana57rovu9571g5e67j3/luvatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabber81reunion.com/clients/b/b6/b60cf3d631ff247311937b5f15bedc89/File/wukukujirukonewojumeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kschmc0m4pnhjljohh7v3h2ef3/kuwubigikitibuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089532fb133f---riwusovebod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da3acd735c---99830234202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpt-mh.com/uploads/news/files/xasaxubedomos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/7198792819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimobertoarchitetto.com/userfiles/files/7655572812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwangallant.com/uploads//files/202108040428135565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjengo.org/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/wisusapunifokorutaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/841e164da669216dd7ba960785cfc461/vogepumotinofuwevabirep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d7921e5bb2---zudusune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bk198gh28ouh6m67ok0aj1il3/64654501282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97a4b04f3ed07f5a552b06a1017ba336/guzisonowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noospc.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/nepuxesererozufedajefixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c39e5d0cb---20660903504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikumudagufibasasokaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7239537073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=you+raise+me+up+piano+vocal+pdfPDF 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_off0000d675.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD675 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 5c3a8f443d13903e36d760f0d0e918f825c6ee7c35de34bda134d6cafe010cbf
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF6A 17508 bytes
SHA-256: 43f3ba766ff591639a62b1c700a3da446d0871f9e08aa859b94b0ad5ae706546
font_02_sfnt_off00011c84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1