Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c11668677e34ca23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:04:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 22523e5c6b5f049191a221b33e4c5100 SHA-1: 0f1644e3d5283e2d1e3998a570f16c47beec8049 SHA-256: c11668677e34ca23233f6178085ea419d63a0ef97ed7b90bc487402452f0ea61
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URLs, some of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are used to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://22vek-omsk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/tevajekebe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.valaisconsulting.ch/file/28427507113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thibangoto.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/xagesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9h62kp6e30b25u76tcip1gp2i2/xigakomakes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguynakorn.com/praguynakorn/picture/datapro/files/39981272940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://er-cardiff.com/eurostyl/photos/file/fofamexarixazezavuzojexas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.com/userfiles/files/10266705773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rokaxoduvemikoribufufinol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28767e24666bf5af6318704393856235/zalejafowibolazarimimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermandadperdon.es/userfiles/file/tozesamifaxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appletechsolutions.com/userfiles/file/kujiposajunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d44c85ce9f2---44981202107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/16063555714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1aaebbkfib4a.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/27382636096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085827760015---lixawiwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomehl.com/images/content/files/pexatebujaronep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vrrc.heart.net.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/72251069795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archpiudue.com/userfiles/files/xumiwupegavinit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30b5e511cc51d2f488fc303b188468c0/55625926115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3da8c052ba---13570523042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h19ea3p39nbms14f0ipa6e7g8u/22507068930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/dipizumelemate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4adba66e15f15c23ea900976d1564d85/dumapuxuxitaxudajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eb335f31e0f6b721e40df52b266d442/jadirasuvukidubukupemerad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunnyrosesschool.com/userfiles/file/zogovejefoxojudosuwege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=rock+cycle+worksheet+middle+schoolPDF 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_off0000c75e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC75E 10704 bytes
SHA-256: fe6e2516d616b34e10dc9e8c8596718df07ca65c3673c995d33723f07787bccb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e009.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE009 16404 bytes
SHA-256: 302fd80db798b97250b805edd68aceeccdf439751090444dc41b9e667b327b93
font_02_sfnt_off00010a1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1