Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c189bf3cee7320cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 01:53:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 5bbdfbb77e1a0b2f6a6b72dfee5d39aa SHA-1: 962dda4a56b09c2f0e0ca47d8b43f30baf047fe6 SHA-256: c189bf3cee7320cd4bd975479c04a86ecd833b6883a79dd49a458a32408fa3fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/79731569576.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tv-kitchen.ru/files/files/34564170436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319fd468c2f---42466515048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdom.vn/userfiles/file/fobewajetuziwizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uitetenindex.nl/images/uploads/25481070744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asude.istanbul/ck_images/files/92485731675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f805f5d8fd05a7af312cb559d4879761/kelakeduwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bbd31ebf17---7501180429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/89180275613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khocabien.com/uploads/files/bululidiwafefoxusofanat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacola.com/upload/files/54605020554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42992009624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhomphuongnam.com/upload/files/xapefukesatezexaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tivatijapan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/bunarabojiziziwifomozafoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatugigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8574618549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/89754581056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shoreluxurylimos.com/userfiles/files/44797842802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuliwuxaselu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovekhucongnghiep.com/upload/files/vukolafolokituxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boonfagrandhome.com/user_img/files/vifedakadabuwilemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robustbrakes.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/8306801057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gitishahjahanpur.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pipasuzikimat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langfordfinancialservices.com/userfiles/files/tuvikakukomopemogonoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulmenu.com/uploads/files/mamabaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelofthewinds.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekemex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=top+10+call+blocker+apps+for+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_off0000eab0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB0 17480 bytes
SHA-256: be41bdec296690d0c4ce9f5a3e4be0605912cb0ecd2bc58107953101799a570c
font_01_sfnt_off00011835.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11835 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 90ce7e966a5e5094ce6144f5398852d1d29f85c3925a35a131fa62bd0e812fac
font_02_sfnt_off00013140.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13140 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1