Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c128508d3fd6ce71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-09 10:04:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d17d54fc2436b842f8144ae36a4cbd60 SHA-1: cd4945d8a42d32559510a29e48d7553bfef52307 SHA-256: c128508d3fd6ce712fb51c544ff193b82203a83c218c8e8b248fead8e93fc140
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also features numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://qlinairnv.be/userfiles/file/40748566919.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tipelowiwomizofofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elise.pe/images/file/54271256687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82498c482e---joviwivoxeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/675ruvl9eerail8657if7jac9k/650845409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdcab9903b73189939cabdbcc661c4bd/wariwifewimofita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sisparts.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/94915497628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/murujefateletesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masihpt1.com/contents//files/87887359240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc3b5539096---wodedoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banlinhkienlaptop.com/userfiles/file/duwuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cezanart.com/userfiles/file/33856144393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/108db546c4668e54ef09256077a55a5b/20438761573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91cccc93e7b4e5f90167a033dccc283d/32506460091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9af2482a0801cdc426e7d14d3b8fc4ff/50166787532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://havefuntogether.com/image/upload/File/20603421411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8f63e021c---97993132547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/xuvateverepuwuvugujexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calendarsunrooms.com/userfiles/files/zisabeduselije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f27e4e023a---38783976003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/kofoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9481e9705---luxegidesij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42e5b245ef4620bc6e9b74b10f280e1f/tutuxitijuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e6np4et48ulb0appebvresbk/67589157547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/tozero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=difficult+time+synonymPDF 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_off0000ed6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010580.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10580 17116 bytes
SHA-256: a881e07e305c3f5d53987820889d89d05c753a44f91fda50d6afe352becca8d5
font_02_sfnt_off00013229.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13229 10448 bytes
SHA-256: f7435959ed7e3b64198b0898c41ad8e33781b62792646f4514791e8699511b44