Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cd0be7d7a88d30c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 10:07:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f6a92722ec0467f30a5084bafc367b6f SHA-1: cb6d6e2d16a635f231ad7541f4ecb755662d16df SHA-256: 1cd0be7d7a88d30c11990a88e78a90abd162c712067f681b3331e8ad50b89d88
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. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/xodoposirajuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccd5ac23e9a55903e84db479700ce383/miganidiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sepunupukirav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/geledubigunubozanojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnsu2ibq500ic7p37kf9d328n3/bafuruzajamogedimamil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/061819476231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/24529946843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://living-stone.lu/userfiles/files/romirudakotutinezito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://affectif.ro/data/Image/file/33546850970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfse.co/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1630950384_a7ad23a030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/goxepotivorexusisun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhome-listings.com/userfiles/files/putafugezoxifazuvijumer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargobull.cz/res/file/jotefisoralatobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wintechindia.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22345622602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613619bd5a4be---88837875069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nycsmindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisitavin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chunmianxian.com/upfolder/e/files/20210919050729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sauminandy.com/fckimages/file/65537631463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motodubai.com/uploaded_images/files/labozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dealershop.es/userfiles/file/getafaribonizudixig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/benofari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halkapsikoloji.com/userfiles/file/69404779781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ce10np40cptrmf0eek3ul3ja5/wakaxaferuteligogeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f21b17e380---befagapix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cesiedizioni.com/userfiles/file/21975343308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=quiet+susan+cain+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off00011da1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DA1 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 45d176a90df00cd184fcd1cf40cba39ebc6e2763e2e0ec63ccd368b1517192aa
font_01_sfnt_off000136fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136FC 18508 bytes
SHA-256: e826683300fc4934db96622c607e99f525df922d75f1721d98c518e45180cbb2
font_02_sfnt_off000167b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1