Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1957bb213613034…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.6 KB Created: 2021-07-24 23:08:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 993e6e258712dee4f54b51eed5d79197 SHA-1: 8f010edbfc3406faf1b8e177274e37cc54d2f992 SHA-256: c1957bb2136130345e9181b0d25518f4c91097251e2ef51ef5fde28ee1f252da
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer, likely to download additional payloads or redirect the user to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/15179905545.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://samsung-service-center.ru/uploads/files/89121758628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fea1fc8e78f64f2d74ed7e86cae973d0/vapofosadorapofonasaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b461aa62b1b---makomorilepibupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e145954fb---basib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/9142090650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://horlickhigh61.com/clients/a/ab/ab3fb267cc30d45b98f460a20cee0b8d/File/mofexotisezoguwuwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3813941531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/12338563918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismocorteerbatici.it/userfiles/files/foladodosajeduxodila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gi1apugk6qa2f9rfd7k6f7srm1/ziloxefupubovapepitimuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3aa36fa92---pibitosejozada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087658860991---93642078330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089921fea5b0---84577085352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilmercatinosottocasa.com/file/89683892044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ba0e554a7c957e689d11f124139cc7a/bapusodos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watch62.ru/files/files/28608835068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad81f453783---busojib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/20004152429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715ac22f7b6---50059302717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4d75ac88e219122eca015e7e30d1b60/77949702098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3325afd45e0f2717dfe75c667a079c7d/79702536394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jobtiara.com/files/files/natofenoguvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triosms.com/userfiles/file/45798528628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=inter+caste+marriage+benefits+application+form+maharashtra+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_off00013456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13456 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014c6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C6D 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 2396d1f4a4713ef25dd40727cb4e49c1f386dbd1ab4c9f4ba3086ec026f72c39
font_02_sfnt_off000165de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x165DE 16876 bytes
SHA-256: 05953c6e0a0b5131eef722e27a0d62185a93ed8dc76cd33569cd43d0ac9656cc

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