Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c18289ce850825c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-29 07:55:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a43ed93959a06f46bdd9fdb32409d5ea SHA-1: 3c229ea117799b1b3a9cb1bb34ece81b20d0549a SHA-256: c18289ce850825c0d393618c6098c3258759778d632a39a9bcbf2a56f28a32bf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and ML classifiers indicate a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute phishing content or further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://szermgrt.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/netumufaka.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pmeds.us/userfiles/file/mawawolamofigunalofasor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epagneuls-bretons.fr/caningest/images/file/nedubafanenanowipuvak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bizufirafezarorujelaxoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decaiyun.com/upload/file/2109220247543348931wgiydavonap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ticaproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laxulaxexifanixurabof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ac32a646ed9f61b19afe1b85bb80078/semusowobokipiron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslatalaia.com/userfiles/file/59165332316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95498967733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al33a2zdp0eo1x.com/DATA/file/20210925094941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d37c95f655---xokomubuwezavid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbcsisa.com/upload/fckeditor/file/rebabezegoxubifasobulijed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelihome.ru/upload_picture/lijebesupova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2rent.gr/userfiles/file/95291822964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613840b292d51---78471346288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morebricks.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xegazabeposuwazuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interroadholland.nl/userfiles/file/26185185943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safaraval.com/basefile/safaravalcom/files/fogudeletojipedugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cengilli.com/icerik_images/file/59997636778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restokrat.info/userfiles/file/kikasomemik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edisonprivateschoolbeta.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bosidesotivozudowetara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161387b470d36e---17287631439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/zuralip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=thea+stilton+books+pdfPDF 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_off0000b211.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB211 15920 bytes
SHA-256: cbe43d8adbbef8143919cff0f0f9d1c6f6de9737e7df700cd4c88c4f91df84f2
font_01_sfnt_off0000db38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB38 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f34f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF34F 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 75b9debf2d667f851d8f6325e31c471bb446c8649346b01aff44dfd9233b5562