Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c017e6a9cfc81861…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:31:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ca19cee7c20f399c11ac34934bdd9ee7 SHA-1: f445114e1191af139e3a5b92c795f0b783565891 SHA-256: c017e6a9cfc81861afbde200b5f94aa779482111826e2e15f6dca65ced518983
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple domains, including compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination and increase the chances of a successful lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/tabizuruzukin.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/ponafubafagizopadeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suavitinhtannha.net/upload/files/koviruxujowenozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrjok.com/uploadfile/file/modujeriraru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.info/userfiles/file/19586000352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g3hp0pfb37gc30d3ki8aemh3m1/56488165315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovellreunion.com/clients/4/42/420738e4954c29d3cfd02fdb1bc9139f/File/jebevosuxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/23234359524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sproname.com/files/userfiles/files/jojefopiketigezaxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d379a8d245---vefesesekoduzomur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henca.com/files/details/file/17768735797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/binab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfd2e8a2c0---suvevojipodojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starma.pl/files/file/15227532654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c853c5d5ce---90457340133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conelser.hu/fck_uploads/file/41018538172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813c6aecb3f---bekajufegubobazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buchtel1967.com/clients/26382/File/doganixogunalopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/36783231039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/71232247268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skywaytravelandholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92243925163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b54d740cc0e6ca9f7ee4d6daaa6209aa/fusirufizuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ftjd6tqqkgcae0flgovvle3hfn/85310580208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itemclinicchina.com/ckupload/files/75817857684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odesignlab.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=tipos+de+ponencia+pdfPDF 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_off0000ec92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC92 18548 bytes
SHA-256: c8971b348c79c1c1158256a4f17a534cb1ad05fdb1f30bbb0f443b37cca57578
font_01_sfnt_off00011bde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BDE 10332 bytes
SHA-256: 98c7cf648c7f7baec92eb644cbfe5015c7b3d145e21c5423e48e943a482b0936
font_02_sfnt_off00013350.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13350 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1