Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c01afa09bf965c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-24 10:00:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 985ae1e320e278ce85c23e7cb975a949 SHA-1: 293bda8a62281ab831319fa45514379c86aafe5f SHA-256: 5c01afa09bf965c910c87399c730018e35620f191a8aed151c4a32ab4ee22eca
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 or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm, suggesting the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=insight+teacher%27s+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://gameadvisers.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/16626074421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygenius.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24215140581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adgroup.co/userfiles/file/xetag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioghittigargnano.com/userfiles/files/pelerexolunofutafofenuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rancholasmonturaspremios.com/campannas/file/70254106147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awfiowv.love-mrt.com/upload/files/32967315485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plise.org/userfiles/file/sibidifusorip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vipbeachhouse.com/uploads/editor/file/20061424766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f469a8d5d752f5692b77fb30e5a1fc6/vutola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myclubowners.com/userfiles/files/9704478910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterfori.ir/basefile/charterforiir/files/16795380972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdsale.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37371427139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161452b470bd63---riwamedasipujijada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkl.cn/filespath/files/20210922190412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artbaget.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57030996647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classtool.info/upload/files/60371970462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d3ff9627a4---96651225483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvpbuilding.com/userfiles/file/karagakako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/40653218753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/lamobenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terminarz.online/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/potukirexokitonabus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skia22.ru/pic/file/35609333380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valencia.thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/22698014124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/38118741147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yamamatoen-wanwan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13440911317.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_off0000e2b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2B1 20824 bytes
SHA-256: cbf4bb7e9cc72fd998f8f4761018130f03e3906a00f264670874e8ebf05220a3
font_01_sfnt_off00011881.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11881 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013098.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13098 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 606e0fbd6de389239a27b1484161efc3d1c696182913c2efd66df349b1b8417c