Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c299d57adba767be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-08-13 00:59:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4b5ef06d3aa28b57c929936b4759fd34 SHA-1: dbdd0993350e85953efa53acca965271b0f92550 SHA-256: c299d57adba767be834635595c427d0a2f8d663c14fb3e0d2eb12493be1d402b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://west-holding.com/userfiles/file/13687492409.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1920b9ec0b5070ab23876cb60e555026/80953320970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.com/user-/files/46300972381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c52d928f8---68882608475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfcans.com/home/madarmun/public_html/gulfcans/images/bulk_images/files/44345008633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f7d9cfd98---55631764557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ropesadventure.com/d/files/zifuvobawemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/87401599132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjccnc.com/upload/files/tupifakavasoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210610190153921081333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/339678611d1643f57ed4642a2b2134f1/26142180845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waelfawzy.com/userfiles/file/fanofaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-29/20210729184701747264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/19090235659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/71012566033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t68dv1sla7up3cf7aom0egglp0/82309902379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lrnu3mtolf9qj0gu1mhpcss686/sexofitewebosokawaxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/70625250120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607368dcc961a---fazasosan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adcbc004c2a---88393349874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thic.net/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuvivomaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oroszvilag.hu/userfiles/file/44660562374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=sample+professional+resignation+letter+word+documentPDF 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_off0000f84c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF84C 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 4982a592f59bd34f021671ee2c18d824597bdff8868cf2fe9a23f69604a25956
font_01_sfnt_off0001126a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1126A 17352 bytes
SHA-256: 7c3ea250d96c55e067e1eac839d1986db5965ecd41d263261d9deb0639e6e72e
font_02_sfnt_off00013fdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FDD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1