Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c1acf02b119c426…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.3 KB Created: 2021-08-12 12:16:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 61bd87c8eb49124b2c738c1c1460cc56 SHA-1: 23ab1adc712fb6fafcdaa04c2f3a240a8423eef6 SHA-256: 2c1acf02b119c426a9159d3412e38e6a9a166019bb001ba8a74b6ccac96a9c6e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing an embedded JavaScript stream and a significant 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. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://www.odnpoznan.pl/fotki/file/file/vepetagugizozejimewej.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607843bee14e2---temuwakarekakizeniwuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromamahabaleshwar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gibibuwemusezikavuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/wateri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/noxaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50f147d2dc996d1664cac8bdc6cf532c/29854247047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/rogoxutajibovividotexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiostocchi.eu/userfiles/files/70516137619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pukezusununipagagulote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850fa0a7f80---83374867029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onderdurdu.com/upload/ckfinder/files/69716778977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/67893385449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/32513373344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/52066127001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dchqdakuij5fd6fuot4rl43oq4/82346612434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidneytracker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tubexevuperenenuwosetos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techscreening.com/userfiles/files/25912216991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a62121092e4---88548473890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietxetai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dqc23kn3c14qbor1qe22gaj9oi/gekogaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajmason.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wowuwejerefuwuvovibezoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=kpss+%C3%B6nlisans+temel+kavramlar+%C3%A7%C4%B1km%C4%B1%C5%9F+sorular+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c45ae59c7b89288c41d5a6e699ff12f/pobusure.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_off00011c6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C6A 21380 bytes
SHA-256: f8ea6647de1b5c3e9b4e3c335617b3b01994e431fa1f8d867903ccb6bf3b77a9
font_01_sfnt_off00015102.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15102 11608 bytes
SHA-256: d35609457b220996be91c2a50f7e475813950cd259def470486c134daa9ba1dd
font_02_sfnt_off00016b90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1