Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c299fbb9cdc2c43c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:50:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 54427d629d365934ddee8d593f8060a5 SHA-1: f593eac928cac9011ea5b2c9ac0b144e9ba5571e SHA-256: c299fbb9cdc2c43c6dda49cb024f53feb09f314d592d96062c713a140f09691c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents. The numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=reported+speech+exercise+multiple+choice+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/vojunazetomug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/922b0db3edf4a0a688611ad5316dd2eb/pojigoneruzer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvae4ah0imcvtik0elsh88261t/xasozekaxusajakaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fizoxujetuwuguzulapepaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/58968050684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ab44ce046---30952237058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenbaycruisesagent.com/userfiles/file/35663887132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytekas.com/UserFiles/file/zamurubobexuvarosav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vencedor.coop/images/admin/file/42257699934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5460429a759c3bb2ab21fae0b339b95/wibawuwaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtecommerce.it/public/news/file/89341935022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b3c14b493---68836558182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/files/rusumisixise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stauber.lt/images/files/bunenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756fd767de6---tisegedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topoint.net/userfiles/fckFile/20210904092052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbcehyodmtf1czh.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/tulamuritatemukabaxuxefun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/magizefijek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.temaricerca.com/entry2013/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gonozavibofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1988.com/clients/75739/File/82181785087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d8540d99fd---17839570843.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_off0000c34b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC34B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB62 10868 bytes
SHA-256: bdad8e62527886178506699d48c55cf5566db421803ec42f15c98ff0e9970515
font_02_sfnt_off0000f482.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF482 17220 bytes
SHA-256: 4ec24fa23a148d0873eea0a11099ac0153abfe336efd6a5c61bc0ad54f825a71