Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1802a253df44201…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-21 14:02:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 925737a0dc0baae62dcd69156a05dc29 SHA-1: e56c882bd9e1e7b21e9253e880d31f1e2dab64f6 SHA-256: c1802a253df442016b32c05141c40a5fbe759feb3f5ad6f0bea92445b0d1c623
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware download sites. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code or exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ht-cooling-j3t.com/contents/files/37718133299.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/52477325706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27394297560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137be81d19de---52525663159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneriavaragnolo.com/userfiles/files/46388024267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nic-irq.com/userfiles/files/94298340576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barefoot.pl/userfiles/file/bokorif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conelser.hu/fck_uploads/file/nuxisadoragakiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ageofwonders.buka.ru/sadm_files/rakinofaxuzifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holyfamilyhospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66364831175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pathtojanna.com/userfiles/files/newepesoropet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeshengtecphar.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210914005840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/97347950504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a207f4a470---4333711967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130ee38c671f---berebelobaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/11945156621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.theoakshealthcare.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kikuvefuredelolakugevob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62118420763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenderup.ro/mm/file/tupojezapozojedozivot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimuselearningschool.aels.edu/learning/site/images/uploadfiles/11494994443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelspace.pl/userfiles/file/13478457055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuviet.net/webroot/img/files/50791250001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school19-zav.ru/userfiles/file/8896832318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/5896576277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=jin+jin+jin+casino+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000c685.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC685 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000de97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE97 18376 bytes
SHA-256: 31fe97a5a20d76a6920983311ef60de4a2ff8298fefef639b1542b8eb54f3b90
font_02_sfnt_off00010ed7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ED7 10512 bytes
SHA-256: da991a9826d68d1ae6387dcd8624b41cdcc301730c9d70941f49bfdfee54bceb