Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2778404dde9e008…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:32:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 597761c840d8b7de2298789320eec924 SHA-1: d6015009543d3ca90f3ded6405284cc938c9d37d SHA-256: c2778404dde9e008fca75ed25e58a47e961f7603b971bcc3fba653319bfdeced
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://namadagaskare.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kunibesamigop.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://thokhoavietnam.com/upload/files/50612559375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npcbalkan.net/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pivisunupimawafafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baiduvpn.com/upload/files/fupozopunobelibikekax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bolugixudedak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipro.ma/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/44789675205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvpbuilding.com/userfiles/file/29256566777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bor-diing.com/upload/files/89543368107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613104bae18bb---66781615436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613190b5d2538---45892144252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cli-kh.com/uploads/files/202109120632526964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anshan56.cn/userfiles/file/163053792945304775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://candica.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liburoserafofufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613347fa70a7b---vudilogedigafisuriru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/51236617520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/vawefelobunimudevoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://levne-pohary.cz/UserFiles/File/63558515083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehreganimaging.ir/images/upload/files/dijaluwanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovethanglongmb.com/upload/files/zogezumazar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6gpl5c8k98k2jov8tfu7d22q4/49502843123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailcop.ca/files/kivurumarus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/livokewisafiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plafondchauffant.fr/img/user/file/48236210960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=free+robux+no+passwordPDF 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_off0000d0d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0D4 19076 bytes
SHA-256: 80327b23091410cd4c024a6c1c1b12f28a03308967907b5a6b8515d7c0616da2
font_01_sfnt_off0001021c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1021C 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 21aa9f741c76d5c59f1fccfe36e034f53343076f802116ed6c22a05ac2c6032d
font_02_sfnt_off00011a1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1