Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1ccf0469debcb56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-28 20:11:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 25ff9a6c1b2963498644d9f5b753e39b SHA-1: f0ff2d6ac1653edf90f12ba1de01aa10a2c97959 SHA-256: c1ccf0469debcb56a3ad5a5ab84110f6b93cb552907fef1e74dfe02b390490ce
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to multiple unknown URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates a potential for executing malicious code within the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9780

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://xn--23-6kci4asohe8k.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/22893922446.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614a2d1d7c4b1---welisinarer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perbloland.com/userfiles/file/kasevuzesodikaxetegerel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mhzsolutionz.com/userfiles/file/zugusubatax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuderprogettazione.it/userfiles/files/bibizurabunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfbma.org/files/fck/file/43833698254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/230315363922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuadepthanglong.com/images/ckeditor/files/13592075218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhalahoredeals.com/survey/userfiles/files/95894768076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonsaokhue.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/lativa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f762659c6e---25326468560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bartonsteel.com/tony/barton/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87021933739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42806096657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowprice.com/content/xuploadimages/file/79087397309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/1456649117613a160a017db.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///kovimadudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werder-ritter.de/UserFiles/File/ralokuzuvozulebove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atavio.ru/files/file/54375435836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalbi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamozekevote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basumati.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vazaxutadurojemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilipoupoli-drama.gr/lilipoupoli/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59838303668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siweverewesof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/bubop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6537b1588fa727465ffcdfaa303d7fb/pafawesoderat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertf.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61941807735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wildnaturetravel.com/File/54822463296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=chrome+for+tizen+osPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bb2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB2D 10364 bytes
SHA-256: 4a9f193ab74c4417225a917b8531ab3a5eaae2cc4a1a1827812cd0e73e0ab4d5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d279.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD279 21604 bytes
SHA-256: debc262bd8ac1ad752f3b17b1c01fc271dbb167cf3537668b37a54f8ea67c749
font_02_sfnt_off00010a27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00012238.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12238 16188 bytes
SHA-256: 800554d3d6320da9c8ab21a3ad3d270f40e7a92360d7538c059d647d952d1d34