Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2981c84cef4901f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 20:15:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: aadc9d9a2c3010c897af952307424d6d SHA-1: 0b2222da9eaf2dae3b12a4e6cc7a881279bc4238 SHA-256: 2981c84cef4901f1888141e943b7d9434335c340d1e6836de984acfd143ca13e
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 uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or initiating further downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=idiomatic+translation+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bb85a6e81---1368503225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafosaleservice.cz/images/fck_editor/file/50850624079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibexquimica.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3383568062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/tevevixokad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismoilnoceto.com/userfiles/files/82564803650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/890b2303146a12faed2c7e61d793ce73/musonolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kantoromega.pl/userfiles/file/85018111176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/2864937451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/kevogaguke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrhobbscoffee.com/images/uploads/file/93509159607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leprofit.ee/cmsfile/contentfiles/jujififulanatojafejolamus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monamifrance.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_61638D3CB8645AA9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/nosodefenaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/rexasanewap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--franzsischebulldoggen-lec.eu/userfiles/file/ronugogugaguvaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biographiewerkstatt-singer.de/userfiles/file/luzuribopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134068041aed---4350788405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/55261747757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawaiianhunareiki.it/file/fomawalesib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muahohangnhat.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/98588908607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmcmanager.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62782641614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autowagon.it/userfiles/files/xisesuter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/nenokonorune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010357.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10357 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011b69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B69 17940 bytes
SHA-256: c3a5eb71dc0fe59a1414b35a2015a6c8853fa7f890265d37830dfa271f83d852
font_02_sfnt_off00014941.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14941 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 8f7778c4de81a25583abffc2980c9e8fbf77b1f8c3baf6a8acdb628dc44a1c9b