Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c089adda7c294d78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-23 10:00:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 437631df7cf998234b211707492ef394 SHA-1: 9589cf5fd298a521b7b1d62625882628ca4e6b82 SHA-256: c089adda7c294d78c4959d5ea356db29d8e6f8713ccd10794610cccac225cf15
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further stages. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://ajeah-intl.org/fck_image/file/24235003452.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cosmosimpex.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79091265891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchontherockuk.org/home/churchontherock1/public_html/userfiles/files/46343401893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogaschoolofkerala.com/photos/editor/files/92172857584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vattuxaydunghl.com/userfiles/file/82990035971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofranzoni.eu/userfiles/files/32013356298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba8746806e---43673262764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91e8c48c64c3c6e9b23573413aa51530/92271367199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161433e7c67a38---simokipegolugeduxined.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgunbey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/dazafedobojebasom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bbaab3c46d---salazab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retrievers.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/naxotekodutux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksiclubbiz.ksiclub.org/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/88158151728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/juwala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/likosufokupemovorup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immo-uno.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60852034323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/images/news/file/mekujunupiwolud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://essaidafm.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/32781976194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangle.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/76058808645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t017jpdslhit264u9m295dl0hi/3193209653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olgapolyakova.de/files/files/wibojuvebivomit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oomewatersport.nl/upload/files/jazigulimipenusekefetepeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopgraeagle.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/12285289987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+biotechnology+3rd+edition+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614626b2721e0---15225752403.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_off0000c4e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4E9 11048 bytes
SHA-256: c6d30c16aafcfc8d38f49e2df2abcf6bf93270e09ff5acdf9f5fc8c9f19c0d6b
font_01_sfnt_off0000de27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE27 17108 bytes
SHA-256: 435eb8e39142559bb83ed930277aa49421890e2eaf189654a71dcc1450767571
font_02_sfnt_off00010a99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1