Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c05a723a443f52e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-27 11:06:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3e097fb5e81b2ea31764518147e93e8e SHA-1: edeeefe5472d4ad41b7aef78befdae3ad5d89875 SHA-256: c05a723a443f52e3196547be733d710e775eac5334a6480aefabfe5187232984
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to link farms hosted on disposable domains, some of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload or phish for credentials. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the download or redirect chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+davido+latest+song PDF link annotation
    • https://careerroots.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58933311305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88729550739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedooverseas.com/userfiles/file/zigupaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemochem.cn/upload/files/fegiwemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woori-tour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210925_FFE44764D33AE586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolorenzino.eu/userfiles/files/71415923663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myxroad.net/upload/userfiles/file///bakevabuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.org/images/files/botajovibajevew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtjjt.com/2013/upload/article/files/210926204939215774k2h5v.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ea3c7be6e6---tufigakebubisezenafub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genia-groupe.fr/images/files/pejubulitojebusutuponub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7df22b0baf5fb3d5eb8ab6e2303428c/7950392300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150005.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210915235636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apatity.verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pekupeleweguvomitet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lircai.com/web/inline/file/xeguraguwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613380f4a0f7b---5800026053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-etalon.ru/upload/files/8436616464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143bb07159d6---29836741155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/63049822248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intrastorg.com/userfiles/file/xagesewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motovelo-nmsk.ru/userfiles/file/46410727952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinsg.com/files/fckeditor/file/ziguke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stomerijindex.nl/images/uploads/mawagawida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eptesteplelek.com/uploads/file/xexekosodanipavadajof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wenajiviradexepaneporuju.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_off0000b855.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB855 17028 bytes
SHA-256: 9153b7f279808f8423c64463b3ed5134fd2bb1349f4c02fbd2fe1c6aa73e4e12
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBFA 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 05e7d264db4d088295becb24432abe0ae458ef0b425b1f25026de0f21fea29fb