Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2a7cf03c90aca74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:12:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 58b6f0cd1fc8de04e181eda9342e7be0 SHA-1: 63af04aef5ab5bd40c8f96ff4dd748e5e9e05a40 SHA-256: c2a7cf03c90aca74b63d451144047064ac744fbf403676fe667ae3d366a47ba5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 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://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/94001645685.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a16b705c5190f8230198e64dad0d3514/24008769639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colleges-in-tamilnadu.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/nesizazokopanapaxaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/9144075838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zatowurikesetegikubopub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/22782938285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightofislamonair.org/uploads/files/rigozamufidopewitasulexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/78113509034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geosond.pl/userfiles/file/tovinagidoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6b364a8e744f1051fcbc4a33ed65f66/57165259971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e087d403e4---19608775826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodomacnosti.net/data/file/fujonilikububiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac961128dd56f9824b2eb5e1a6ef42a5/14568423404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa031153a6---3544021221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/megapobizibilitude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12138d825b69f84d0ec7583316b7bfdd/mezupabegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qutgt0miokie2itlgd3ko7fevf/koweluno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rorolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/38143584619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekvatorbl.com/userfiles/file/gutex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.com/userfiles/file/5776000088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607962bb8a7f2---dabokazurofedivomumekeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtmaso.com/public_html/Imagens/file/64672042560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837db9a3ca6---44895973614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessie.vn/images/ckeditor/files/punuratilajobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=trading+post+eateryPDF 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_off0000bc65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC65 10596 bytes
SHA-256: c0459e3938654b2fe506421c43e11b970c03cbf655eeaaafc810afafb8b12818
font_01_sfnt_off0000d488.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD488 17188 bytes
SHA-256: 8468bd2d21c9027e8eae2447766b719eceae6a97c3350b62b99ac3409ea418e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001009a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1009A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1