Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c190f46073c8af39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 18:46:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f5f4d1a7d4d7880a51b2df746448169d SHA-1: 79b24dda3222572af8e44f888bf1e1e15d54cdfa SHA-256: c190f46073c8af39ae11cf8fed29e986a9c6f3c25c0425d541f4d7cfde2ac590
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which are part of a link farm pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed, is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions.

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tv+apk+all+channel PDF link annotation
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/78414596269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coomargroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38011651069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdn.eagle.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/47311321752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user//file/_0056919001631235355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24876221470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d67a17d0b31f485a76ba23132931e068/17884101219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/2463481587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.c-l-r-p.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97197151699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c84f50f5d7688af2d3749bc641f97b9/buvovugosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bekkercoon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bizasivovapisub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efb9c06901---51387547024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pgprojekt.pl/Upload/file/81565656398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artsar.pl/userfiles/file/78510683362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131881882675---59796642888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/040302212278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgardening.nl/images/file/nakipamatubatakokumowiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taucaotoccatba.vn/images/news/files/wexexipikaxexusomato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triatlonshop.cz/userfiles/file/66598572355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210909100345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casalindasbakery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25098886931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evpltravel.com/xv_image/file/dubukaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metrosecuritynepal.com/assets/userfiles/files/jopefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613030b47053d---66119711078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhagiatxanh.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/mamovijukud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haokunchem.cn/upload/files/pinikalutix.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_off0000bf1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF1E 10016 bytes
SHA-256: 832bde11cc03a9f70002f7b8d681bebdb218e76d97e54f73ece32540d4f10149
font_01_sfnt_off0000d54e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD54E 16392 bytes
SHA-256: 81855e7dbbb95b813256fdbeb148f88d5d3bbc05f13025df58c8b42911984c94
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF5A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1