Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1b7e84d7889151a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:04:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 53741053f429177398db546150c112a3 SHA-1: 18ad95ac3abb0340de8d409be290e9ec71a61ae5 SHA-256: c1b7e84d7889151acb924b8315e0092e534a09f3f521965542ed02d788e85c1d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious actions within a PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4dd1ed14680836362bb2fc927c95fa7/8511502770.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kultmotor.hu/images/files/44352936772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imssp.by/data/images/fxeditor/file/80140240137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fa5035d63---62175427656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818196b8f3f---pawaviforus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyskischool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64328241162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podiummagazinenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36312415656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd3b9726c6---mozizifunobul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2133538603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/faberoxeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a0a1ddbaa---25884387689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuecpa.com/file_media/file_image/file/11430956415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae316a5c3a---lunigarebasototisatus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benhvienlaptop.biz/userfiles/file/51531477615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maximatrimony.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34785165365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aac56c79b6f33cf4cbd9d5255dbed954/31104830505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea88ac80156dad5979812c336ca1084b/42663601538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanumed.ro/uploads/files/68133526923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbac17c55be---bagomizinipizisun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kccmaul.com/files/files/10169340769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jokerprod.net/userfiles/file/8591855211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fdscience.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/wurovowolisoponunelirenin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congnghiepxd204.vn/upload/files/8487543741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=hansa+flex+katalog+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18715884854.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_off0000d54b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD54B 19852 bytes
SHA-256: e31cfc887873795eaf424ca429300357208fb15a558b8bfcd601ab424d8a0783
font_01_sfnt_off0001099c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1099C 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 0db8f90f3423a55a544deeb2b097d6c993c2aa7fa4a4829de8d7e502ae77005e
font_02_sfnt_off00012200.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12200 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1