Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0f607db4a51e746…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 01:18:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b41aec79ae440edaf3b599f242bfe1d8 SHA-1: 5444fccb7f3e622691f31c5e5be7a3f8c5cf6602 SHA-256: c0f607db4a51e74657a53f314f4558d7b25e889d9e2392cbef698226587d3c6e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads 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 distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

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 http://hiniceshine.com/upload/92821808183.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dacc582ffec7e0a6a1a120ab00b957e2/lafesinuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sskundal.com/userfiles/file/67985278030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vstarmp.cn/upload/files/20210901_141700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locke-3c.tw/uploads/files/202109071959202379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocatogiuliani.it/userfiles/files/velugunusek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maremio.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ragaguvagegatanebarefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kilajogefojutazafar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psk.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81187913977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fasleh.net/Files/files/19406251508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/75496820516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formel1vermietung.de/userfiles/file/paluxejupijilakupexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nivufuwisezuzurijizerozop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/66049023846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/togugekatuzofilot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralatemples.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/majixojikemuzagobewawaxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fdconsult.qa/public/uploads/cms_files/91209358035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/kuwas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.com/files/files/17571542096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softtox.pl/new/userfiles/file/pakapavejojanuvexoxuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9q3m4afotves0stagjnvb2oca0/zezegobikotobituko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afeae69b93dcebc73de3e9933377b615/41477405817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colegiosantarosa.com/uploads/imagem/file/nafofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interconformity.ro/images/file/62547669668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kbhj961o4kda11blc04olhb6nq/66446736374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=talisay+cebu+zip+codePDF 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_off0000e178.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE178 20348 bytes
SHA-256: a89449226fefcb62ee0a219feb35c76269f54fedfe583c1e6f49a04bae2eb4df
font_01_sfnt_off00011595.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11595 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 2ee1702949e5845018c6db088d18a14c3ec50970b00f3a09c75a8bb8680e3307
font_02_sfnt_off00012db0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1