Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c119fdec1a0aba41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 00:30:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 90636239c3b9a50352d6e92be6007f4e SHA-1: 9548300ac724d1cb714d900304881ed6ff1f10d6 SHA-256: c119fdec1a0aba418d42c50b7318ba18b757a75a1b20d2ff661cac0224314dba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier with high confidence. It contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. An embedded JavaScript stream was also detected, suggesting potential for further malicious actions like downloading additional payloads or redirecting the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/72785561903.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tufad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazetavk.ru/img/file/41886543939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jofg5t7tc726jpuibmbfnf0hr0/31768344936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transmar.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55378532296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamso1.net/uploads/files/5276197804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studybrilliant.online/app/webroot/img/userfiles/file/tozubonikiveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giadinhmedia.com/uploads/files/bagaxarumixutubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74068088729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346bda7153f---75242098688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d0cb809850---vazagasafobokanex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medbillings.us/lightspeedweb1/file/wizofowizexaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitcentroamerica.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lapiragotofezewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logtech.cz/foto/Image/file/54200650423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsf-vastroad.com/userfiles/file/58935002821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/12309015286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/24992068161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7765584045fc195646c23ce5d172605/50491372023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81ceccf9d101e988652e40521ead9661/88870893669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msiutilities.net/documents/80157324444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pharmabiosolutions.com/filespath/files/20210912093621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scouttautomotive.com/editor_uploads/system/files/jobadan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topas.lt/userfiles/file/dejulazosarakonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+set+up+your+voicemail+on+androidPDF 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_off0000d817.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD817 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f02e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF02E 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 619c85bb88a1241fed61393fac88963b5b6f2699a4e21fcb592a14b8c6fe8de9
font_02_sfnt_off000109de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109DE 18564 bytes
SHA-256: 9dcf03e6d0aaeb79206baa49332c590642988daefa02cc5c1c845588514fdfd1