Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c292bff9dd98c977…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 08:02:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: af8c0549802e8fafc62bd74a66dcfc4e SHA-1: 5d95ea685f86554fa3ff7ba8a4b3a5a7808ab084 SHA-256: c292bff9dd98c97744dbd8e34534262889be368700df2dc9b1b14e8078efa6cf
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, including links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a malicious intent to trick the user into downloading a payload. ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=export+excel+to+pdf+mac PDF link annotation
    • https://tele-video.ru/upload/files/japulov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefusepezuwikiwobukoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailygameresult.com/editor/UserFiles2/files/firejorojonino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mzch.pl/userfiles/file/53897466002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70af2kk4e7vs032ag39ts3rrd2/tomigumuzokuzizere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bxbrdh.marketsearching.com/upload/files/gafokedanases.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilygrilltogo.com/uploads/files/movarofezeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangkokmagnetwire.com/ecodev_test/image_system/files/tililit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baldonimarcostudio.eu/userfiles/files/jezepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukonlinedirect.com/userfiles/files/magutapetutexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/88034280876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613797f85d89c---55742985762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zekejozsef.eu/FCKfeltoltott/file/paxatemujoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetbrashersclavoghisu.eu/userfiles/files/45095158626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghinelliarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/pebefowideka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/12847797302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaxusemivitidukuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicolari.it/userfiles/files/89731732096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atputasbaze.lv/images/userfiles/files/fizatakiravapekade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namlinhchivietnam.net/userfiles/image/file/rapabofol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilliantsolarpaneling.com/userfiles/file/filumavaliwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myesen.life/userfiles/file/83548533209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pytextiles.com/userfiles/file/femuwilugasugofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcm.es/files/galeria/files/90022034357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130eac36f2c0---69848153583.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_off0000ee90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106A7 10500 bytes
SHA-256: ee89b6d4d15cf0e62fd8801755a1620a01177fdc5a2a1bbd3a569937be74d33d
font_02_sfnt_off00011e8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E8F 17496 bytes
SHA-256: 14971f5a4b170d68957a7268fd4dd5f66bd58e892b0a1db9b982093942ee0a63