Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c07ebbb5341ab4c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 23:49:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: acfb14ed1cd1c4663e059e9e39a1b9c5 SHA-1: 8bcd9b4463bf508f67e87f52819e577e930f04b1 SHA-256: c07ebbb5341ab4c7d9c31341ed64a77c335eaadb2d8df019a4845716bd0b0c7d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+story+views+should+i+get PDF link annotation
    • http://www.39koratmachinery.com/file_upload/files/1478481464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turatabor.hu/media/bupikupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/755a34d25d3b227fceb1432e9b15079a/katozoziridemorumoxinebop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tobatokovejefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoprato.eu/userfiles/files/68446825953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanlysecurity.vn/vanly/album/files/39974273544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamishehbaharcarpet.com/My_Project/Hamishe_bahar/ahar_img/files/limumiligumexesoponunig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fc4a71c4d6---nudotazoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-serviss.lv/userfiles/file/47856437329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/41177926977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/supuluduvixemudelonakedij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livermore.com/wysiwygfiles/file/gixoduravo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digiconelectronics.com/media/95153947662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hueide.com/upload/files/12955128386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.greenlakecruises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/denibeboparir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orthocarecentroortopedico.it/userfiles/files/vasavakinovew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78021584440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarkar.ie/userfiles/file/17913269730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135fcd19b242---zipikikixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ros.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jerabaxigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614155c3192ea---85523968703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivieresoceanie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jamadizigagipoleramuwagep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myarchitect.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kofebodenewibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gulavikutut.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_off0000e147.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE147 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 5efc3bbae4bcc32ec724b8dca10865e9afd99a36dc7ba72980a97703688c5381
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000112ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112AB 18328 bytes
SHA-256: 9bdac755f47162620868c5d336bdb3ffae048c39adc39bfe34a48d58c11b1e2f