Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1c2fd78bf28a01d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-10-09 07:37:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f3dadadbddd3767fb6069863402fe5be SHA-1: bc7b50773f7bd1fb26b00ac475e2e17d30a3c3c6 SHA-256: b1c2fd78bf28a01dde2bbb026632b1476c1d0c9f1113ada49ef295eef2af2152
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://taiwangallant.com/uploads/files/202110020850509689.pdf
    • https://davnosti.ru/upload/bimunesodevi.pdf
    • http://totoumi.jp/upload/file/belozijonezivojuxigonelu.pdf
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16160350767dac---84198400324.pdf
    • http://freeware-software-download.de/uploads/editor/file/871801151.pdf
    • http://kimwendelldesign.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gimufowexileno.pdf
    • http://bluebirdcanada.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_8B614B5CA34AC895.pdf
    • https://stabiactiv.com/userfiles/file/16867304233.pdf
    • https://esprimagroup.com/userfiles/file/48628114928.pdf
    • https://piti.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/35302665211.pdf
    • http://ajeah-intl.org/fck_image/file/bofesafejuworuxaja.pdf
    • https://www.prieur-equipement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dupafezazavoneganakina.pdf
    • https://nslogisticservice.com/userfiles/files/bunepuxitogabazadikonux.pdf
    • http://mariancozma.com/_user/file/22558299112.pdf
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615e039d37917---47910912840.pdf
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laxevowixiwumamarimorenoj.pdf
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/rujegafagadojidifoxox.pdf
    • http://e-junghan.com/userData/board/file/xemupisasaf.pdf
    • https://www.domaine-de-la-ferme.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28483477994.pdf
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4p1kjir4sgopt16qp8evil10k1/48769449119.pdf
    • http://tvtamminhphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/71850053684.pdf
    • https://sarna-zapiekanki.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54153808756.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=heart+palpitations+for+an+hour
    • 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_off0000e09d.bin
7d2c8138807c3ab24c419c63960871ae16a37ef41157b48e7c943d879595bb5a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE09D 10548 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f880.bin
e50773bd8d8e0bdcd2c8f0ea8a7d13e3627833236e1544ac22d03450ee12c20a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF880 18012 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001269c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1269C 16792 bytes