Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2537e831a50ae82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:15:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e6def367d41c62b36484547a1fd5e263 SHA-1: d6bd4df3d48a7d009f51f6ae54ac7112f78eb129 SHA-256: c2537e831a50ae82a21cb66f63869830a5b2932403c4ab46e16bcfe657965221
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://nadrozmerne-sklo.cz/uploads/madowitafibokozuwali.pdf
    • http://2446665a.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ganex.pdf
    • http://studioarchoggianiepartners.it/userfiles/files/petivoxadevilugibino.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d22deba6a16---55291026824.pdf
    • http://conganbacgiang.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/82375792508.pdf
    • http://cuanhomkinhtoanthang.com/media/file/85040381919.pdf
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/8382947159.pdf
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90238750327.pdf
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608093319b02c---35097247.pdf
    • http://alumcity.ru/userfiles/file/89774628308.pdf
    • https://resonanceacteurs.nl/userfiles/file/73485827762.pdf
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a61576b5c---30663883896.pdf
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/18044770991.pdf
    • https://turdv.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/kugabelosu.pdf
    • http://www.pro9apps.com/app/webroot/files/uploadimagesfile/64200874855.pdf
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e963200559a97c1dcd6098fea94620f/30578423523.pdf
    • http://www.knickmeier.net/images/pageimg/file/11576197166.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ffa10e314f---tokudiko.pdf
    • http://ajk-opakowania.eu/upload/fck/file/rizapopimusojev.pdf
    • http://growlink.biz/userfiles/file/27674617029.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160912bae07b15---fanedasefumav.pdf
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/towevixumokiwil.pdf
    • http://ohsclassof73.com/clients/9/9a/9a21b0b253f7c4eafe662346d237c286/File/33924246548.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=scalanie+stron+pdf+online
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec81.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC81 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010493.bin
cc986c2dadb1bf81d2e4ea5257dc461e85237597c61b1a899ca0378ebe3d510e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10493 18484 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013465.bin
87f34bc8136bac6ac57d24fcc93394b3a2359c2903be89a45448e5dfd43ba9c1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13465 10688 bytes