Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ca6fc5b47463299…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 06:00:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 11494908a3a3c0bd3245d5346c143095 SHA-1: 777aa27bbd9d46b6473b1a58387b6611ad3c1f42 SHA-256: 1ca6fc5b474632994ad40787b0af3afbfb6ff28cf04f0b8fd9b1a34e063f40e5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/46574765869.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vba4pidql8vv0iirb7ugque57c/55870197418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/kififavegegone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f73c4706ff---levuxigisad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81999582757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aonetreks.com/uploads/file/dedefarunonadakipubadizor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rfk3ubqltqeov5dj1sssmbe37/52168983092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/nogatapaluxebuxafebiban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preciseenergygroup.com/media/90526913116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ksd0qq685hm493rc6q1fdnlp05/vuvegexitogiguzaboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/xisovol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8ed861eba---faxunakebuxasivig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chayka-svg.ru/files/60349128749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b884eeaba---56112584132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdwy028.com/uploadfile/file/20210523170137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3aff665a664fca945eb13f1b007215a9/53436671111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/11401411025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingbeat.com/contents//files/80436695503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3xlove.com/uploadfile/file/sazagokuvorawufawovit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessedfamilycovenant.org/clients/c/cb/cb727bc273eb4203dc66fb73741ae5ae/File/21528494222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalmediaminds.com/uploads/files/kudoparoxexidevavifax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45797eb8f3---verurudavuzuzolagof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbfilm.ca/resimler/files/66329546183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=one+long+and+two+short+beepsPDF 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_off0000eb2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001033e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1033E 17452 bytes
SHA-256: c3f4a7da1255fc85afc45aaba59177bbd4357fef5cd1069fb022bb62e5534335
font_02_sfnt_off000130ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130FF 10828 bytes
SHA-256: a20df20d5ed8476346aaf20e7bef4a472feb550b79455e4589cd98ae7a3d0101