Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c02444966b46e61f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 06:10:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f643ab594fdee8a894455c6dfa0ca644 SHA-1: dadcf21e23386a1ee46d6f0f4a197cce6bf14e5c SHA-256: c02444966b46e61f5f901404c9d234549cd5ae563f4263697217a76fdb130df1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs. It also contains numerous external URIs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting the user to one of the listed malicious URLs.

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=afrikaans+to+english
    • http://doanekeyes.com/userfiles/docs/29191252441.pdf
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/37084163844.pdf
    • http://skulpt.in/admin/uploads/file/37304217426.pdf
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161366a937777d---22862807997.pdf
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021091406123687.pdf
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44483189446.pdf
    • https://superchills.com/userfiles/file/93191971838.pdf
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/dowosagetugubuvigit.pdf
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tozirepuse.pdf
    • https://www.sensiblemachines.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/mofozinobemuxapatigamuguz.pdf
    • http://www.ih-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14941257811.pdf
    • http://mijinmotor.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/21437764712.pdf
    • https://unitedfightalliance.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70398321988.pdf
    • http://phyllisrubensteinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zasevizipalijudaraki.pdf
    • https://sesconbs.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53507540332.pdf
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5286b78367052b973be1d971f25bac76/19669707013.pdf
    • https://parvazyab.com/basefile/api203/files/50383019066.pdf
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a077c9760d---70834083188.pdf
    • http://celesteandtorsten.wedding/images/file/sejuguvasapukotuka.pdf
    • https://drjou-vc.com/upload/files/gibeseviwizejeki.pdf
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134002ac91ca---28872607536.pdf
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d50879d884faf14ca5723da2209a4e9/14953054414.pdf
    • https://www.wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zamokobosozik.pdf
    • http://le-nora.com/userfiles/file/xigibosuroxogidujipoxigiw.pdf
    • https://cristalparkhotel.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55155312825.pdf
    • 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_off0000ee16.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE16 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010628.bin
dab7ea78d04707c14353932e49107f357e255421fe3b1c2b419e719ccd1032fd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10628 18084 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000134a9.bin
b59b005eaab867da5416c1cd3cf63c94c6dc995456c8caf6bc2753eab85037fe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134A9 10568 bytes