Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 674c9b01b325fab8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 14:10:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c28e2c99a09f4bfeeb28c18b837e5568 SHA-1: 65340a76dc24651fa9997da6460947b320997494 SHA-256: 674c9b01b325fab8b03d089ce2afb7953770a73f550ecaff6e9938c6af2f4fab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to disposable hosting and compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a link farm designed for SEO poisoning. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. No specific script functionality was discernible due to obfuscation, but the overall pattern points to a malicious redirection scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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 http://stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lokowomirusakuladelizi.pdf
    • http://tns-china.cn/editor_upload_image/file/15906502962.pdf
    • http://imosa.asia/uploads/files/202109181820476109.pdf
    • http://sunmoon-glory.com/web/upload/files/katumex.pdf
    • https://fullgame.hu/uploads/files/ripixugezoluladubokif.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324d5254fcb---xufaxitiniviwifekol.pdf
    • https://garnet-medical.com/userfiles/files/25041703804.pdf
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed0c69dec7---32653935614.pdf
    • http://chicopharm.com/upload/files/43461608441.pdf
    • http://hakanhurdacilik.com/userfiles/file/xizemugak.pdf
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/kukukapozojotowiv.pdf
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/70053585941.pdf
    • https://yumasri.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49785962461.pdf
    • http://www.patriarca-batiment.com/ressource/site-image/files/mapazezadipelote.pdf
    • http://liluby.com/upload/file/56300790353.pdf
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a1e915f040---xaluxukafuxoziwa.pdf
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/biborujelozareb.pdf
    • http://hftyby.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-4/20210904055102293119.pdf
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/vufiwijitawuta.pdf
    • http://iknow.pl/files/file/61267684882.pdf
    • http://szjwwj.com/userfiles/file///kurulovakaxojagof.pdf
    • https://soportedevida.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4116852384.pdf
    • http://anthonyjcincottalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/68417787782.pdf
    • https://yaofangpeixun.com/upload/files/3051626712.pdf
    • http://highgaincomposites.com/img/file/20219140111.pdf
    • http://jinyudachem.com/upload/files/4925293286.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=edward+scissorhands+salon+scene
    • 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_off0000f6c1.bin
fffe688780d8ab8bd11617ea755a9495837fac765994a09c81b7a256f30dfeb3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6C1 10436 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e5e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E5E 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012670.bin
6268ed76a67499592a037be76655adb5719950e30a1e4ebfe3e03d042424337e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12670 19268 bytes