Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1cabbbb58c56580…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-11 12:57:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3ecd6985aa4cc580598a48557d6a0d6d SHA-1: f4aae6cb77522a230d8e1488763143cc6f9e0040 SHA-256: a1cabbbb58c56580ebb7eb4270a7e5190be6b74b1b9805d9cbcd120643bee2a5
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and presents a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are identified as compromised CMS upload storage. This suggests an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files disguised as legitimate documents, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://duragloss.pl/userfiles/file/17840727505.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chixue.com/uploadfile/file/20210904172243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/27863806512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattingtoemrerogsnedker.dk/userfiles/file/tefuxevajujaxigug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/tegataxopivoxuvemefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thementalhealthadvocates.org/files/userfiles/file/49665395855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harc-ias.vn/Images_upload/files/10579435392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlineadda.organicemall.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44787512725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristorantebiscione.com/userfiles/files/20491446742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139157471535---ralemefunefekizemivewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baruipur.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zemagojumizodopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19319707861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/31697679798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equinox-e.com/upload/files/95257328599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f8vt992btame0l29kf4lai7co/86757144109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramtron.vn/uploads/files/files/buguxebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taihegas.com/filespath/files/20210906081917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psg66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95500315501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indicaperu.com/userfiles/file/xadebutatifokorisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fizjolech.pl/userfiles/file/62938926913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326755017ee---lovudibizeviro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implantsdentairesdesmoulins.com/upload/editor/file/75254323960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proficlim.ru/public/userfiles/file/jopadogab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://attackworkoutprogram.com/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wakogopafukunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinhorelli.com/userfiles/file/98042452170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panoramabyty.cz/content/87520775523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=kawaii+live+wallpaperPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000c1ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA00 9896 bytes
SHA-256: 0f42c8ce8335f932dd732cc7a83df59d8b80bc7bdcaf6fd015c684e5ac9e7ad4
font_02_sfnt_off0000efee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFEE 17536 bytes
SHA-256: 9bdcd3f8c1558715badf7440aad33bdb1387e224f200bcdc9919c5a7eb648cc3