Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c6e4a126db7981b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 13:50:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ee958406c5035007384598d34353bbfe SHA-1: 57a1381b3f47f3308d2f828cae9b11afde6c6dd8 SHA-256: 2c6e4a126db7981bf086a4fb416b990f384595577c00892f8dfa7b1cd837fcee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code, likely to facilitate further malicious activity such as downloading additional payloads or redirecting to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=impostare+email+icloud+su+android
    • http://miskolciharsona.hu/pictures/file/kafobetelesezoxelugi.pdf
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/67499580899.pdf
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56bvqn0rfs6cp721nvid377mvv/vazilulotomogexojonijume.pdf
    • https://ismet.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/toxulazibira.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161394ed79af4f---vafuzabujaxewonudetabi.pdf
    • http://vattucongtrinh.com/userfiles/file/87621924560.pdf
    • http://jj-metals.com/userfiles/file/2021090202565373499.pdf
    • http://studiotrusso.it/userfiles/files/81662079183.pdf
    • https://firsatoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/3735286774.pdf
    • http://highdeal.linkeo.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowesadopajakape.pdf
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e94416c80495d5f0591dafb00838e9f/zefumopiri.pdf
    • https://mallorcaboom.com/res/wysiwyg/file/99614378478.pdf
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7035a7a377754dd12ccb52df8941cb9/fuzuwajokefaforor.pdf
    • http://hefei.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3307114993.pdf
    • http://orenprom.com/img/account/file/95218781320.pdf
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/rixuwodirozawam.pdf
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/81325381105.pdf
    • http://ybshajiang.com/userfiles/file/2021-09-05/210905094200951024kokhx04dwjhz.pdf
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/votubaj.pdf
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b960edd02f33971dffad8b5090647a89/71873076248.pdf
    • http://viettelhaiphong.me/data/dulieu/files/teboruzudoze.pdf
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee36f37765---vatakojofagutatu.pdf
    • http://artsar.pl/userfiles/file/vozibaverevo.pdf
    • http://daeryuhealthcare.com/ckupload/files/431440740.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_off0001013d.bin
55dde485f426147924677a15191a32a000157ad6837f893d9ff77a8bc0512cb2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1013D 10724 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000119d4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000131e6.bin
702fcad1742fe7ff8ab4c4542103d536292c54b090eecef8dffc15b9fdf98a2a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131E6 18984 bytes