Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 219c6c54262363d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-08-20 21:48:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ad22764fc1b3d1ceb64bed2f733847f2 SHA-1: 8930efa63892d39edfacb867e3c7153f557546cf SHA-256: 219c6c54262363d3edfef16f7474f11d2443ddc2bb4cbfb51ec362e76b1f1d7e
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 CMS upload storage. 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 sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=one+direction+song+quiz+sporcle
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608844f916fd4---lujexo.pdf
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ce1cfcb95013c824bbe98b8c873cd9f/mapewenubesasukixevixog.pdf
    • http://cyklo-sport-servis.cz/UserFiles/File/41968499525.pdf
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c6ab16f22---51088654457.pdf
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/89947711353.pdf
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/tuwozir.pdf
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3dc25c4c5107b12707959fe01eaa8e2/gefosikopinofizusuwepani.pdf
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7k9prrvo9vsr82bpo5pd51vfop/30860992.pdf
    • http://jaika.in/images/documents/files/fenotuzolevuzigunetutab.pdf
    • http://www.rodnolespropertymanagement.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/62693676993.pdf
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m490c4uqp5629orb3m9jhjbvea/36014428776.pdf
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/73546746790.pdf
    • http://flightshop.jp/images/blog//file/vaziz.pdf
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/37295557894.pdf
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e23129f75---28972960663.pdf
    • http://gpmpoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73775670039.pdf
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/kijijarudojifidinijikem.pdf
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/97740978168.pdf
    • https://paardenwelzijnscheck.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/megonufurelutabatevegim.pdf
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/37610911763.pdf
    • http://ddservice-bmw.pl/userfiles/file/dijizeleduzekopesufomuwun.pdf
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/loxiledetabidewated.pdf
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nosopogalopurewejasib.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d677.bin
c7113ae9f07a5b224b6e8c2240beb08de915cafc426391905a5aa2126ed1df07
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD677 10860 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef31.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF31 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010743.bin
91d86be0a7ae2597188ffee453785c4c88ee712a6ce89f543ea3cc67b5b0a9d9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10743 16880 bytes