Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0e7d64374792434…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-10 16:15:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b6ec0258237f6c6b672a9e767ba5cddc SHA-1: d0bf1bd7e61e719e73ea8d882faa20f5c241ba76 SHA-256: c0e7d6437479243405543e6a62e157fa8d338f94d28f50797aebd2fe570c1612
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The document's structure and numerous external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggest a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

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 http://oskarmak.com/userfiles/file/misudevonunurawepetumu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71920901d0c33ecbdb66f172cb0a20f5/83541018039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/56314587107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a1538af6f4---26699204090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabriquetextil.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/tuwawarufab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arkystudio.eu/userfiles/files/53492872751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/bugosimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161372c89f2fa3---toxavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/74738201599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24x7taazasamachar.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/14891227070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/4115999187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americasbestwingspa.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/44869364615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/kuzuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lenosada.sk/editor_uploads/files/penozogotuxeserog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137841c01730---naxawir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/zobusakeluluxuvusiwodure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delcinfo.ru/img/files/files/milijuwilobikajepas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/matumolasofixuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/67466896847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.org/data/filestorage/upload/files/83806872086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iowatriallawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/ralokibazafut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwanbim.iwan.co/userfiles/files/devusurukezexodimajuzoden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613051ae323fc---77205927719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.donboscovizag.org/images/files/pabukufasunafefol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=articles+on+research+methodology+pdfPDF 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_off0000ee50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010662.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10662 18808 bytes
SHA-256: 983f921a93756622e7ba59e91d270741ab5f78651017f5977b466ba297f910ce
font_02_sfnt_off00013678.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13678 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 39adf011092ef069b68e2e857984d7dc7d8d305c0109e404e0aa79a40919d2d2