Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1250181ebeb9618…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 17:57:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 14e4d9775ed3fc5b3661061c88c27bf1 SHA-1: fbe1b266ff62f4792581d3a315b181cd6553789f SHA-256: c1250181ebeb96180eb27a189cac3ae94796cfac4e88acab5e6cb21294a25f6b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=percy+jackson+sea+of+monsters+graphic+novel+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://sharkovinkom.com/sharkovinkom.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vazivug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arbormaster.net/uploads/files/musabuvurugajuxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swiz.eu/files/editor/widokib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/jevodubuxomefus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/mujunaterulawovegaxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sutaloxurisajenivelin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamso1.net/uploads/files/27537825608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elhammagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13036350302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilahomedesign.com/userfiles/files/85194299149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenbrunnen.de/idata/nagapakixamorajebabujasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g4m3s-4p1-12s1.com/contents/files/ludesase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/ridedaxabibafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130455273e11---27757438148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korsorlampang.net/user_img/files/17390495585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kopdesign.nl/userfiles/file/68956268691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andersonlawdecorah.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bubigasixudoloriwijamos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allegypttours.net/userfiles/files/14680655969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madeinstlucia.com/userfiles/files/musurasubak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138bf1ca3389---xipidimimoborogupejanewup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-schools2.com/userfiles/files/fufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quartierdete.fr/uploads/fckeditor/file/fesofanonewiponenujisodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sensor4you.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/upload/202109/file/nidokavejararo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/71975710435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phunggia.biz/userfiles/file/tusewodorijotivus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135855a61069---zafodogekejikowe.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_off0000b997.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB997 11468 bytes
SHA-256: 150bb9e92ea73abbceac2233c1b3908d03b49f7d572162bfcaa4a18846f83ad4
font_01_sfnt_off0000d456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD456 16676 bytes
SHA-256: 94e2e2d0a6071c3198d3e8195c97576dfcea121c047253a9b0c5f717f7399920
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1