Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ca1c718903e7ce3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 00:06:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2ee1f02a70e478cdd83a5ce0848d5a89 SHA-1: 3718f13179886771d83775c8510618b999ef9073 SHA-256: 1ca1c718903e7ce3838d3487f30de0a75c0d7926aad47ca24dda12bed0933cb0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing lure or a downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://ncsccalgary.com/userfiles/files/68678146024.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mudrberanova.cz/userfiles/file/xulajafimaxikivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocphuocjsc.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/lobowoxezuwajerude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thisissati.com/userfiles/files/48103942567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f18d44ad1d21ed799d6cc351a6f56a2/robudegonapiragoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinkrali.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zanopobewezapuxozosemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f27c4d7ad6---sujela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613034377289e---nesotak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autopits-directo.migrupoq.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dedozepilosexefoxoxenenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaz.sk/editor_uploads/files/3905220848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202109011857065456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huspanda.com/data/ckfinder/files/limofagoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-melodie-des-saveurs.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67559114578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiddeefire.com/media/userfiles/files/53891611577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bouwbedrijfbouwheer.nl/userfiles/file/39575395080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/satunonekebisikenobiragu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieta-plus.pl/userfiles/file/45210289610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbhwhggdaoqfh3d.xn--p1ai/media/file/55529270143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62970b51dc7a62184729777e83d4d459/pesagomilugovenoraxiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1snrpaulista.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/veviwuzalajig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esen.life/userfiles/file/23203262736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/50090985855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfaegaianascente.pt/portal/userfiles/files/76218425049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujoxuxumobopemibugewuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=mutilate+a+doll+2+mobilePDF 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_off0000b56a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB56A 15440 bytes
SHA-256: 04ee9eecc58c0b8746d36d5ea38449f09424fffa21274ffed6f11dcba02883a7
font_01_sfnt_off0000dca3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4BA 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 3b3c9931c5f318db56bd1c88c53b8cca69bd83dc6fd266f107d9bd24828a5b0c