Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0e3be83260b776b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:32:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9057bf74fec3d924526d6759075f52b0 SHA-1: 05ecf517c8a39c07add45ed30bee4d7bf915d556 SHA-256: c0e3be83260b776be448ce966b27194c8466cb73005fc27b09cadfef1b582561
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external websites. Several heuristics indicate these links are part of a link farm, with some pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The embedded JavaScript and the nature of the links suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content or phishing pages, aligning with the ClamAV detection of Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=html+interview+questions+and+answers+for+freshers+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa60d6f850---dibufuxubojoragiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6tjtb9nt8lljh68jv6l362puh7/pobuzijox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3lnl62792tn0c0vlek2m662ml1/67634533294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficientinfocomm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zedakafuluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d0b68f54de3e96e1eac20eda832fe57/saxulebiruwubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/badojifowebulaper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/badajosobadetusodeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/zupazurosemeveju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/42615647709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavachhaiphong.com/upload/files/risoxubuwatajepoxajig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cacef5370cd---fexelekegegodiwozuzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/vizanomerizafixulamig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/29312564786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diacritic.org/travel/app/webroot/img/files/rabixuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografoenricogiampieri.it/userfiles/files/befojur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5uempat.com/contents//files/48579213528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff7ca89fcf2---56247423314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/58402832792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biurod9.pl/public/userfiles/file/2286475001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/27219846931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72720021161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd44f8440f4444b3fba1e76d887da3e0/97462087994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lws-realestate.com/userfiles/files/jetudafizedunurovilep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xeroxexpres.cz/userfiles/file/96195686122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea063e62ef17a98537ad90975f855bd2/lusefuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easyown.ddproperty.com/datas/files/fefipuxekuw.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_off0000b5b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5B5 11152 bytes
SHA-256: c7c19135efe004abfc7a8c641594a784ff12b4c0ebf4999547e3e23e36026221
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e76d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE76D 14772 bytes
SHA-256: 0aa210338cd85373f3d53771de0ddbfce87ce66ff4774b38087a568313599ec9