Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0159a10b29e0613…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 05:05:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 460b60ea47e0bd50153e8d42de6c0e1d SHA-1: ffb757cb57eb99a68e784ca6cf1299415af5aacf SHA-256: c0159a10b29e0613f45a27dfd9a5da96eb65d03f33f810a0bd54825f55178d42
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded JavaScript points to its use in executing malicious actions within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=oe+spelling+words PDF link annotation
    • http://seamcc.com/UserFiles/files/mafuzumelotexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtrafitcoaching.com/www/images/files/2891624641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85p7t4420h7itdf98j0jrmqgtg/sajadajadolizokowijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalsocialwlefaresummit.com/app/webroot/uploads/ckuploads/files/ritage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/24349337853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmicropilotes.com/uploads/files/48830204478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxmx.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202109090800208163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karolinanowak.com/userfiles/file/sewitekudanoviniwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11108303666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95875906184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twinscooking.nl/twins/userfiles/file/nikibebobete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlicentral.com/images/authors/file/xutapuforuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613926201f3ab---kikuped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133fcfcc2bac---1717879195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domosystem.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sunobaxudivumogetalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161348639b669e---josarexasegibiwanosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warehousetraining.ie/images/rivuretokonoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copy-office.it/userfiles/file/vezukorukuzugezilepufujiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badrivishal.com/media/feduxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radecznica.pl/userfiles/file/9915627176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artdealer.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/939d24477af74656cface0e1eb6ab1a6.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_off0000d4e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4E5 17836 bytes
SHA-256: 9da0e1082084df62cad8145cc8cda3ea3423e07304dfb48c3ef7e36e6a3da073
font_01_sfnt_off000102e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011afe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AFE 10420 bytes
SHA-256: f86494aeea3f7b3af66e552efdccd5b98c325313ef692f6bee3eab44b4922cbc