Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0963ac55db4b590…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-09 11:36:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: dfa9057b1b8651fb866bcaf6f79f680b SHA-1: 881334fa3b576a7c75234a18bb76614e60d4b9ac SHA-256: c0963ac55db4b590da5f27abfe1ad2b563e66fb550c4b13a1696ede60ae133f6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/kibozubikup.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://clubslotalmatriche.com/calcas/file/3296208317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samtekelektrik.com/files/25783925646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d99b88889---98369707529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-machine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/zebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313af70289e---nisopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yugang360.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-1/20210901105426436220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korzayithalat.com/spot/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/22434820048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tselectromechanical.com/uploads/CKfiles/files/12676351806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhandarisurgical.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaziwevipiwasude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://addisonplaza.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/fulelodakekigojejubowem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showpalmedical.com/userfiles/vukaxebiwigoxoleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveworldtogether.com/datas/files/64824916453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tindangnhadat.vn/upload/files/zonatalilevoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vsjgoaso0hulvcin11pfc3h3l2/jesakuwarabudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://embassyinvietnam.com/webroot/img/files/4493499096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimcert.org/E/file/20827769632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/92121027557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://violetstudio.in/userfiles/file/zebobepuberukoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manorhair.com/uploads/files/202109040047429234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloudinfo01.smartevolve.com/images/ckeditor/files/leromoxipemilikuxagus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mapepitafediwolugaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplolux72.ru/upload/file/31130818654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitakhealing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pevufodulenavovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camonetinternational.com/files/file/jariwusixatotisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=make+a+perfect+square+calculatorPDF 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_off0000e5d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5D4 18112 bytes
SHA-256: 13d5475ee2bf545fe2c0d99f616a918177718d4657ab38c62774fc110c759725
font_01_sfnt_off000114eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D02 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 62d5134a19f010f2faa214998af081fd28c6d6429ed5f7b8b94b80dfffe135c9